Maharashtra’s Amravati is among the scorching seats within the Lok Sabha elections 2024 as Navneet Rana, who stays within the information for her fierce speeches, is contesting from the constituency. Rana, an Independent sitting MP from Amravati not too long ago joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and filed nominations on the saffron social gathering ticket. There is a direct battle between Rana and MVA candidate and Congress chief Balwant Baswant Wankhede. The regional small events – Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, Republican Sena and Prahar Janshakti Party try to make the ballot battle a multi-cornered.
Rana had gained the Amravati seat in 2019 as an Independent backed by a number of opposition events.
BR Ambedkar’s grandson Anandraj additionally in fray
BR Ambedkar’s grandson and Republican Sena chief Anandraj Ambedkar can be within the fray from Amravati Lok Sabha constituency. He has sought the help of Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM making the competition triangular.
Amravati MP Navneet Rana joins BJP
Rana joined the BJP in Nagpur alongside together with her supporters and within the presence of senior social gathering leaders from Amravati, Nagpur, Wardha and different locations. Her husband Ravi Rana, an MLA, was additionally current when she joined the BJP.
Rana’s political journey
Actor-turned-politician Rana first contested from Amravati on an NCP ticket in 2014 and was defeated by Shiv Sena’s Anandrao Adsul. In 2019, she contested the seat as an Independent supported by NCP and defeated Adsul. However, after 2019, Rana began supporting the BJP.
Relief for Rana in caste case
The Supreme Court on April 4 restored the scheduled caste certificates of Rana, holding that the Bombay High Court overstepped whereas re-appreciating the findings of the scrutiny committee, in an enormous last-miniute aid that cleared the decks for her to contest the Maharashtra seat reserved for dalits on a BJP ticket.
Voting date in Amravati Lok Sabha constituency
Amravati Constituency will bear voting on April 26 in Phase 2 Lok Sabha polling.
Amravati Lok Sabha constituency consists of six meeting seats – Badnera, Amravati, Teosa, Daryapur (SC), Melghat (ST) and Achalpur.
