Mahashtra BJP Chief Chandrakant Patil Faces United Opposition Challenge in Pune's Kothrud

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, who is fighting his maiden Assembly election, is up against a united opposition from Pune's Kothrud seat, and it will be interesting to see how he takes up the challenge.
The state minister, who is considered no. 2 in the Devendra Fadnavis Cabinet, is also facing the tag of being an "outsider", since he hails from Kolhapur.
He is pitted against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate Kishor Shinde, who also has the backing of the opposition Congress and NCP.

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Patil's candidature from Kothrud, a BJP stronghold considered as one of most upmarket residential and commercial areas in the city, earlier saw dissensions in the party ranks with some calling him an "outsider".
Some Brahmin outfits also claimed that denial of ticket to sitting MLA Medha Kulkarni was a slight to the community.

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