Mr. Chavan accused the State government of breaking opposition parties by either misusing probe agencies or by buying out opposition leaders and MLAs. Meanwhile, speaking in Mumbai, NCP State president Jayant Patil, too, acknowledged Mr. Chavan’s reluctance to contest the Satara Lok Sabha by-election. “It appears that he [Mr. Chavan] and his supporters are not very enthusiastic about him contesting the bypoll. The Satara Lok Sabha bypoll has been necessitated by the resignation of former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Satara, Udayanraje Bhosale, who recently switched alliances to join the BJP. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who suggested Mr.Chavan’s name, does not wish to contest the bypoll.

Source: The Hindu September 29, 2019 20:15 UTC