Educated graduates in Maharashtra have rejected BJP, sent message on protecting constitutional democracy: Congress leader

Pune, Oct. 30 -- Senior Maharashtra Pradesh Congress spokesperson Gopal Tiwari on Friday said the victory of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in all three graduate constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections reflected the "rejection" of the BJP by educated voters and conveyed a wider message in support of protecting constitutional democracy.

Of the five Legislative Council seats, three were reserved for graduate constituencies and two for teachers' constituencies.

The Congress and its MVA allies won all three graduate constituency seats, he said.

The winners included Congress candidate Abhijit Vanjari from Nagpur, NCP (SP) candidate Harshada Jadhav-Deshmukh from Pune and NCP (SP) candidate Dr Pratapsinh Patil from Sambhaji...