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Maharashtra Monitor

The state of Maharashtra comprises 6 divisions and 36 districts. It’s capital Mumbai, is India’s financial and commercial capital also. Maharashtra Monitor, an analytical column by veteran editor Dilip Chaware provides insightful opinions into the governance of this state and the myriad related aspects shaping its development and future growth. 

Ambedkar’s two electoral defeats in Maharashtra still rankle

The Congress had obstructed Dr B.R. Ambedkar from entering the Lok Sabha on two occasions in Maharashtra way back in 1952 and 1954. In 1952, Dr Ambedkar lost to his former personal assistant and Congress candidate Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar in (then) Bombay North-Central constituency. In 1954 by-election in Bhandara in Vidarbha, he was defeated by Congress candidate Bhaurao Borkar. A major factor in Ambedkar’s first defeat was the tacit Community support of the Congress. This fact is rarely remembered when the Congress is lashed for his loss.

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