Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Bala Nandgaonkar who is fighting the prestigious Shivadi assembly seat severely fractured his leg during his campaign on Saturday this slowing down his campaign in the midst of the crucial period.
Shivadi is one of the few seats where the ruling Mahayuti has not fielded any candidate and have decided to support the MNS.
Nandgaonkar who is currently recuperating agreed he will have to slow down to campaign due to
this procedure. However, he expressed confidence that this will not impact his winning chances.
“I have already completed campaigning in 70 per cent of my constituency. After this I will not be able
to campaign door to door but will definitely campaign below the buildings,” said Nandgaonkar. “The
voters of this constituency know me very well as I am very accessible and will vote for me,” he added.
Nandgaonkar who was campaigning at Abhudaya Nagar building number 18 suffered a mishap on Saturday as he tried to jump between the two buildings. Nonetheless he continued his campaign. On Sunday he rushed to Gleneagles hospital at Parel and underwent treatment by noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr Neelkanth Dhamnaskar.
The Shvadi constituency comprises of the Parel-Lalbaug belt popularly known as Girangaon where the Shiv Sena ruled the roost for decades. This area has undergone massive change as chawls and mill lands have been replaced by skyscrapers. It was in 1970 when the Shiv Sena debuted in Maharashtra assembly from this area when its candidate Wamanrao Mahadik won the bypolls.
Nandgaonkar is pitted against the incumbent MLA Ajay Chaudhari who is currently the group leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT).
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