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Youth leader and Congress general secretary, Mukul Wasnik, Washim Shiv Sena MP Bhawana Gawali, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sudhakar Naik, Kamaltai Gavai, Chitlekha Bhosale are some of the prominent leaders whose blood relations had represented the same constituency earlier.
Wasnik stepped into the shoes of his father, veteran Congress leader Balkrishna Wasnik in 1984 from Buldana reserved constituency for the first time to emerge winner.
His father (Balkrishna) had the privilege of winning thrice from three different Lok Sabha Constituencies.
First time he got elected from Bhandara in 1957, securing, 2,27,884 votes. After the Constituency was reorganised he shifted to Gondia in 1962 to retain his Lok Sabha membership. That year he polled 1,14,985 votes.
Senior Wasnik's last election was in 1980 from Buldana reserved (Schedule Caste) when he mustered 1,75,800 votes to win.
Veteran Shiv Sena leader Pundalikrao Gawali and his daughter Bhawana Gawali had the privilege of representing Washim constituency.
While, Pundalikrao represented Washim in 1996 (2,28,328) defeating Sudhakarrao Naik who ended up with 2,11,594 votes.
Bhawana has been representing the same constituency for last two terms of 1999 and 2004. During last Lok Sabha polls, she polled 49.77 percentage (3,58,682) to trounce NCP Minister in DF government Manohar Naik (2,97,784).
Manohar Naik is also from the then Chief Ministers Vasantrao Naik and Sudhakar Naik family.
Vasantrao Naik who was the longest serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra had represented Washim in 1977 with securing 2,13,339 votes.
About two decades later, in 1996 Sudhakarrao Naik, nephew of Vasantrao Naik unsuccessfully contested from Washim. But he staged a comeback in 1998 by defeating Shiv Sena nominee Dyneshwar Shewale.
Kamaltai, wife of veteran RPI leader and now Governor of Kerala, R S Gavai, too had tried her luck unsuccessfully in 1980 from their hometown Amravati. She lost to Congress leader Ushatai Choudhary who mustered 2,56,916 votes. Raje Tejsinghrao Bhosale from the erstwhile Royal family of Nagpur won in 1991 from Ramtek Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket (2,40,437) by defeating Pandurang Hajare (Janata Dal) who polled 1,02,483.
Seven years later Chitralekha widow of late Bhosale won from same constituency in 1998. She got 3,25,885 against Ashok Gujar of Shiv Sena 2,58,847.
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Margaret Alva of the Congress Party stands vindicated. Her son was refused a party ticket and, when she raised a stink, the Party downgraded and huiliated her. How humiliating it is for the country to have a man, whose mother is some Italian riff-raff, seeking to represent Indians in the highest Indian legislature. No party will have true quality unless it has inner-party democracy to attract good people and merit is recognised to the exclusion of coteries.
AND WE LIVE IN A FOOL'S PARADISE CALLED 'DEMOCRACY'!!!!!
Any citizen of this country who thinks he has capability and has the backing of the masses can enter politics.It is not a privilage to be denied to the children of politician.The masses of this country must be politically matured enough to thwart them at the hustings if they are undeserving.Unfortunately today our masses inspite of their education,are not very politcally savvy and give away their voters too cheaply.The case against congress is in letting the family members occupy the highest offices of the party without growing up from the grassroot levels. It is beyond the powers of an ordinary voter to prevent such crass anti democratic acts.People with hardly any mass base become ministers thro' the rajya sabha if they nurture a few sycophants like in congress.