MNS strength in Nashik crucial for Mahayuti nominees: Panse

Nashik: Abhijit Panse, MNS’ Nashik co-ordinator for the Lok Sabha election, said that party chief Raj Thackeray has asked the Nashik unit to campaign with great effort for the Mahayuti candidates of the Nashik and Dindori parliamentary seats.
The co-ordinator had chaired a meeting of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Nashik unit at its party office in the city on Saturday.
Talking to TOI after the meeting, Panse said, “The entire Nashik unit will coordinate with other Mahayuti alliance partners in Nashik and Dindori Lok Sabha seats to campaign aggressively so that the Mahayuti candidates win both the seats.”
According to Panse, MNS’ support to Mahayuti candidates will boost both the Mahayuti candidates.
“It hardly matters whether Shiv Sena is yet to declare its candidate from the Nashik LS seat. MNS has a very strong base in Nashik LS constituency, which will be very crucial for the Shiv Sena candidate against the opposition candidate Rajabhau Waje,” he said.
He added, “Soon after party chief Raj Thackeray offered his unconditional support to PM Narendra Modi during his Gudi Padwa rally in Mumbai, party workers decided to reach out to voters to campaign for the Mahayuti candidates.” Panse added that MNS had activists at the booth-level in Nashik, Dindori and other places in the region which would crucial for victory of the Mahayuti candidates in the upcoming elections.
MNS city president Sudam Kombde, district president Ankush Pawar, Amit Gangurde and other functionaries were present during the meeting.