Relatives have mixed fortunes, rebels triumph

MUMBAI: Relatives of political leaders received a rather mixed reception at the hustings. Around 29 relatives of sitting corporators or legislators won their seats, while 11 were defeated.
Siblings put up a lukewarm show. NCP MLA Nawab Malik's brother, sitting corporator Captan Malik (ward no 162) lost the election though his sister Sayeeda Khan won from the neighbouring ward (no 161).NCP minister of state for housing Sachin Ahir's brother Sunil also won (ward no 193). So did MNS MLA Praveen Darekar's brother Prakash (ward no 5), and Congress MLA Aslam Sheikh's sister Kamarjahan Siddiqui (ward No 43).
However, GenNext didn't appeal to voters. Sons of Congress MLAs Rajhans Singh (Nitesh from ward no 159), Kalidas Kolambhkar (Prathamesh from ward no 184), Madhu Chavan (Samir from ward no 204) fell by the wayside. Sons of Sena MLAs-turned-Congressmen Sada Sarvankar and Shyam Sawant, Samadhan Sarvankar (ward no 182) and Ritesh Sawant (ward 111) met the same fate. Among the few who managed to duck the trend were the sons of Sena MLA Vinod Ghosalkar and Congress MLA Ramesh Thakur, who won from Borivli (ward no 1) and Kandivli (ward no 26) respectively.
Spouses fared better. Dilip Lande, husband of corporator Shaila Lande, won (ward no 154 in Kurla) as did the Congress' sitting corporator Mangala Gaikwad's husband, Vishnu Gaikwad (ward no 180 in Dharavi). Sangeeta, wife of Congress MLA Chandrakant Handore sailed through easily (ward no 148) as did Sushma, wife of Congress corporator Kamlesh Rai (ward no 75). But Ajit Chavan, the husband of MLC and the party's state women's unit president Vidya Chavan, lost in ward no 36, Malad East, where Vidya won earlier. Rekha, wife of NCP MLA Milind Kamble (ward no 162) too didn't make it.
Of the rebels, Leena Shukla, wife of sitting Sena corporator Harish Shukla (ward no 153) won along with Lalita Annamalai, wife of sitting Congress corporator S Annamalai (ward no 155). Jyoti Alavani, wife of former BJP corporator Parag (ward no 80) too won. Amit Satam, BJP leader Gopinath Munde's PA, who lost the last election to independent corporator Adolf D'Souza, won from ward no 62. Rebels Mangesh Pawar (ward no 105) of the Congress and Sanjay Bhalerao (MNS), too made it against party odds.