Sadabhau Khot-Raju Shetti fight may not see clash

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

Shetti quit the National Democratic Front at the Centre and expelled Khot from the outfit when he refused to quit the government.Shetti now has NCP's backing to contest from the Hatkanangale constituency. We don't have an option," said a member of the Rayat Kranti Sena. Sources said the party is set to nominate Dhairyasheel Mane, son of former NCP MP Nivedita Mane, from the constituency. "Khot would've got the Hatkanangle ticket if there was no BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, according to which the seat belongs to Sena. KOLHAPUR: Chances of a clash between two farmers' leaders in Kolhapur seem to have nearly fizzled out.Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti and rival Sadabhau Khot have been at loggerheads for the past couple of years over farmer policy.

KOLHAPUR: Chances of a clash between two farmers' leaders in Kolhapur seem to have nearly fizzled out.Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti and rival Sadabhau Khot have been at loggerheads for the past couple of years over farmer policy. The SSS had tied up with BJP for the 2014 polls. Shetti went on to win and Khot was appointed a minister of state in the BJP-led state government.But after the BJP refused a full loan waiver to farmers, the two leaders fell out. Shetti quit the National Democratic Front at the Centre and expelled Khot from the outfit when he refused to quit the government.Shetti now has NCP's backing to contest from the Hatkanangale constituency. And when Khot formed his own outfit, the Rayat Kranti Sena, a few years back, he had declared he would beat Shetti in Hatkanangale.But as per BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, Hatkanangale lies with Sena. Sources said the party is set to nominate Dhairyasheel Mane, son of former NCP MP Nivedita Mane, from the constituency. "Khot would've got the Hatkanangle ticket if there was no BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, according to which the seat belongs to Sena. We don't have an option," said a member of the Rayat Kranti Sena.

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