People will pick educated candidate not party hoppers, says poll debutante Varun Sardesai of Sena (UBT)
Varun Sardesai's maiden assembly election, but he is confident of winning the Bandra East seat in Mumbai by a big margin, as he thinks people will choose an educated candidate instead of party hoppers.
In an interview to PTI, Sardesai, who is a maternal cousin of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former state minister Aaditya Thackeray, said he is focusing on presenting his vision of development to people and not paying heed to his rivals.
The poll debutante, who studied civil engineering from the Columbia University in the US, also feels that the MLAs, who switched sides and betrayed their parties, will be taught a lesson by voters in the November 20 state elections. The Sena (UBT) has fielded Sardesai from Bandra East assembly segment against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate and sitting MLA Zeeshan Siddique and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's Trupti Sawant. Sardesai said the issue of splits in Shiv Sena and NCP is more relevant in the assembly elections than it was in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year.
«The Lok Sabha elections were national elections, where people vented their ire against the Modi government. In Maharashtra, the MVA got 31 out of the 48 seats,» he said. Talking about his electoral fight, he said, «I don't see who my rival is. I am just focusing on presenting my vision to people. Both Zeeshan Siddique and Trupti Sawant switched parties.»
«Our (undivided Shiv Sena's) MLA won several times from here. In the 2019 assembly polls, our own party member contested as an independent,
