Guardian mins lead rallies on last day in Solapur and Sangli

Kolhapur: Guardian ministers and local netas from both Mahayuti and MVA blocs took to the streets as a final bid to voters on the last day of the campaigning on Tuesday.In Solapur, as guardian minister Jaykumar Gore canvassed several wards for the BJP, all local MLAs were deployed in the wards to reach out to the voters. The campaign of the Congress was led by Solapur MP Praniti Shinde. "I am confident that Congress will win the Solapur Municipal Corporation election, which we lost in 2017. The voters are angry with the BJP, which kept changing goalposts, and we ensured development was the focus," said Shinde at a rally.In Sangli district's Miraj, guardian minister Chandrakant Patil campaigned for BJP and Jansurajya Shakti Party candidates. He assured voters of big-ticket projects for Sangli and Miraj. The local NCP politicians campaigned with a focus on Miraj and Kupwad, where most of the party's candidates are set up.On the other hand, NCP(SP) politician Jayant Patil, Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam, and an independent MP held padyatras across various wards in Sangli city. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised in his 2014 election speech, ‘Sangli Karu Changli'—will make Sangli a good one—however, the local leaders failed to accomplish the promise, and therefore they need to be kept out of power," said Patil. In Ichalkaranji, the MVA-led panel was mostly leaderless during the campaign. Congress MLC Satej Patil filled in for some time. Chief minister Fadnavis held a roadshow in the textile town, which is going to the polls for the first time as a municipal corporation. Municipal commissioner Pallavi Patil said, "The voting and counting processes were completed. There will be 302 polling booths. We identified 74 booths as sensitive, where the chances of alluring voters may be high. We deployed 600 police officers and personnel to stop any untoward incident."