BJP harnessing the Tilak heritage in Pune with Mukta contesting from Kasba peth

From former Maharashtra Assembly speaker Jayant Tilak to his great grandson Deepak Tilak and then Rohit Tilak, who contested the assembly elections twice on a Congress ticket from the Kasba assembly seat to lose against BJP MP Girish Bapat, the Congress connection runs deep

By giving the ticket to me, the BJP is indirectly giving respect to Lokmanya Tilak. Not only me, but the BJP has also given tickets to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s descendants Udayanraje Bhosale and Shivendraraje Bhosale. BJP respects national figures.”

Mukta Tilak addresses BJP party workers at the party office in Kasba peth on Tuesday. (Milind Saurkar/HT Photo)