Summary:
The Shiv Sena has traditionally been contesting the Satara LS seat but the saffron party has sent some signals that it is not interested in contesting the Satara LS seat this time around. Udayanraje faces strong resentment from his own party leaders in the district of Satara. The BJP, however, believes that a large section of NCP leaders would work for their candidate.The BJP also hopes to get a major chunk of the traditional Congress vote bank as former Congress MLA Madan Bhosale officially joined the BJP in the last week. In this case, the BJP needs to surrender one seat to the Sena, which will overcome the major hurdle of finalizing the candidate.However, leaders from the party are closely monitoring the various developments within the NCP. Kolhapur: The BJP is closely monitoring developments within the NCP, following the declaration of the nomination of sitting Lok Sabha member Udayanraje Bhosale from the Satara Lok Sabha constituency, on an NCP ticket.The party has preferred to adopt the ‘wait and watch’ stand about the developments in Satara politics and are planning to spring a surprise at the very last moment..