28 July,2024 07:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The newly-elected legislators on Sunday. Pic/Pankaja Munde/X
The 11 newly-elected legislators took oath as members of the Maharashtra legislative council at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on Sunday after winning the Maharashtra MLC Elections 2024, reported the PTI.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLCs Pankaja Munde, Parinay Fuke, Yogesh Tilekar, Amit Gorkhe, and Sadabhau Khot, Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Rajesh Vitekar and party general secretary Shivajirao Garje, Shiv Sena's Bhavana Gawali and Krupal Tumane, were sworn in, as per the PTI.
Congress's Pradnya Satav and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Milind Narvekar also took oath at the central hall of the state legislature.
Talking to reporters, MLC Amit Gorkhe said, "During the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the opposition attempted to spread a false narrative regarding the Constitution. It is my resolve to collaborate with the party to dispel this disinformation," the PTI reported.
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The BJP legislator said there were 59 Scheduled Castes in Maharashtra, and he plans to tour the state to unite the community and work for their betterment.
Pankaja Munde, daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, said, "I will become the voice of people who don't have any say in politics. I miss my father today, as he gave me a lot of guidance," according to the PTI.
Asked whether she would be inducted into the state cabinet, Pankaja Munde said that she was unaware of such a development.
She further said that the OBCs and Marathas must work together instead of standing against each other, and it is a fact that the situation has worsened in the state.
Meanwhile, Bhavana Gawali, the MLC from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, ended her oath by saying "Jai Eknath".
"The one who takes care of everyone is called Eknath. With his blessings, I got an opportunity to serve the people of Mumbai," Bhavana Gawali told reporters later, as per the PTI.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP won all the nine seats it contested in polls to 11 seats of the state legislative council held on July 12.
The BJP won five seats, while the Shiv Sena and NCP bagged two seats each. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress won one seat each, while PWP leader Jayant Patil, backed by the NCP (SP), lost.
(with PTI inputs)
