The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – comprising the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena — has outsmarted the ruling Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena-BJP alliance, by winning three out of five seats in the biennial MLC elections to the Teachers and Graduates’ constituencies in Maharashtra.
The BJP suffered a major jolt in the RSS headquartered city of Nagpur, as the Congress candidate Sudhakar Adbale trounced sitting two-time MLC Nago Ganar, an Independent nominee supported by the BJP in the polls to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Nagpur Division Teachers’ constituency.
