Summary:
“Majority of dummy candidates file their nomination as an independent for monetary gains. The move will negate the menace of ill-motivated dummy candidate. Balaji Wankhede, a local BJP leader from Hingoli, who has been instrumental in arranging dummy candidates, said all namesakes of Wankhede have a farming background.“Two dummy candidates hail from Umbarkhed in Yavatmal district and Aundha taluka of Hingoli district each, while another one is from Hingoli. Wankhede lost the polls by a wafer-thin margin of 1,632 votes.Both these candidates are against in the fray this time too. The diversion of votes severely dented the chances of Wankhede, then fighting as Shiv Sena candidate, against Congress nominee Rajiv Satav..