BJP leader Nitin Gadkari faints during Maharashtra rally, continues campaign after recovery

Tuesday afternoon at an electoral rally in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari passed out. Thankfully, the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party received medical attention quickly, and following a short break, he was able to return to the stage and finish his address.

“I felt discomfort due to the heat at the rally in Pusad, Maharashtra. But now I am completely healthy, and am leaving for Varud to attend the next meeting. Thank you for your love and good wishes,” Gadkari posted on social media platform X.

Unsettling footage from the event, which was broadcast live on X (formerly Twitter) and by his own account as well, showed Nitin Gadkari being taken away by those there. Many of them hurried to surround the BJP leader to provide him and those tending to him with some privacy.

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Gadkari, who ran in the first round of the Lok Sabha election as the candidate from Nagpur, a seat he won in 2014 and 2019, was supporting Rajashree Patil, the ruling Mahayuti alliance’s choice for Yavatmal-Washim and a member of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s branch of the Shiv Sena.

When the BJP postponed announcing Gadkari as its Nagpur Lok Sabha candidate earlier this year, there was conjecture about his political future.

The BJP, the Sena under Shinde, and the Nationalist Congress Party breakaway section under Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar make up the Mahayuti alliance. Before the deadline for submitting nominations for the election’s fifth round, the three are frantically trying to come to an agreement on a seat-sharing arrangement.

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In the tug-of-war between the BJP and its two state allies, six seats are yet to be assigned. The well-known seats in Nashik, Thane, and Mumbai South make up three of these six. According to reports, the Sena group is optimistic about Mumbai South and is interested in Nashik and Thane.

In the second phase of polling - on April 26 - eight seats in the eastern part of Maharashtra will vote, including Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, and Yavatmal-Washim.