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Narayan Rane: The Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency, which covers two key coastal districts of Maharashtra, has historically been a bastion of the undivided Shiv Sena. After the occasion fracture up in June 2022, Vinayak Raut supported the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction, which has now renominated him from the seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Event (BJP) on Thursday fielded Union minister Narayan Rane from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency in coastal Maharashtra. Rane is pitted in opposition to Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Vinayak Raut, who’s the sitting Lok Sabha member from this constituency.
Maharashtra Industries Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant’s brother Kiran Samant changed into enthusiastic with contesting this Lok Sabha seat. Nevertheless, the BJP managed to receive the seat for itself and fielded Rane. This seat has no longer been contested by the BJP earlier.
The BJP shares energy in Maharashtra with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-helmed Nationalist Congress Event (NCP) as portion of the ‘Mahayuti’ alliance.
The Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency, which covers two key coastal districts of Maharashtra, has historically been a bastion of the undivided Shiv Sena. After the occasion fracture up in June 2022, Vinayak Raut supported the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction, which has now renominated him from the seat.
Rane’s elder son Nilesh Rane had won the 2009 Lok Sabha election within the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency when the Rane family changed into portion of the Congress. Nilesh changed into re-nominated by the Congress, but lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election in opposition to Vinayak Raut.
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Raut retained the constituency in 2019 when Nilesh contested as the candidate of Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, a political outfit floated by his father. The outfit changed into later merged into the BJP.
Narayan Rane had started his political profession within the undivided Shiv Sena and went on to turn out to be the chief minister in 1999. Nevertheless, he changed into expelled from the occasion by its founder Bal Thackeray in 2005 for ‘anti-occasion activities’.
Rane’s younger son Nitesh represents the Kankavli assembly constituency in Sindhudurg district.
