Mayawati to address election rally in Amravati tomorrow

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati will address a public rally in Amravati tomorrow morning, which would be her only one in the Vidarbha region, before flying to Nashik for another rally there, party sources said here today. She would also launch the BSP's campaign from Amravati tomorrow at a 10 am rally, at Science College Grounds, before flying to Nashik. BSP's candidate from Amravati, Gunwant Deopare, who heads a real estate construction group, is pitted against sitting MP Anand Adsul of the Shiv Sena and NCP candidate, actress Navneet Kaur Rana, sources said. BSP's main target is the RPI faction led by Rajendra Gavai which has to rely solely on Dalit votes in absence of Congress and NCP support which it had always received in the past, sources said.

This time the NCP ditched Gavai faction, its ally for some time and nominated its MLA Ravi Rana's wife Navneet Kaur Rana from the seat, leaving Gavai to fend for himself, sources said.