Beed (Maharashtra), Apr 9 (PTI) Ashwini Deshmukh, the wife of late Santosh Deshmukh, on Thursday filed her nomination for the byelection for the post of Massajog sarpanch which fell vacant after her husband’s brutal murder in December 2024.
The election, however, would not be unopposed as Swaroopanand Deshmukh, another aspirant to the post, said he too was going to file his nomination.
Santosh Deshmukh, then sarpanch of the village in Kaij tehsil, was brutally murdered on December 9, 2024, for opposing an attempt to extort money from a wind power firm. Walmik Karad, a close aide of then Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, was among those arrested following the murder.
Speaking after filing the nomination, Ashwini Deshmukh expressed her resolve to fulfil her late husband’s unfinished vision and address the village’s long-pending drinking water issue.
The gram panchayat has 2,284 registered voters. Polling will take place on April 29. PTI COR KRK
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