Maharashtra polls: Naik family has won Yavatmal's Pusad seat for 72 years
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: When Vasantrao Naik first contested from the Pusad assembly constituency in 1952, few could have foreseen the political legacy he was about to establish. That election, the first assembly polls after India’s independence, marked the beginning of an unbroken 72-year reign by the Naik family in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. In the 2019 assembly polls, two members from the family of Maharashtra’s longest-serving chief minister Vasantrao Naik, contested from the Pusad seat) Pusad, one of the seven assembly constituencies in Yavatmal district, has been a stronghold of the Naik family for 16 consecutive elections. As the Naik family steps into a new era of political challenges and shifting voter dynamics, its story serves as a remarkable example of resilience and relevance in Maharashtra’s democratic landscape. Indraneel, who won his first election at the age of 37, said that the Naik family followed “Indian values in which the eldest member of the family takes the final decision”.
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