VBA supremo Prakash Ambedkar.
Credit: PTI Photo
Mumbai: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi founder Prakash Ambedkar - whose collective emerged as the Third Front - has accepted the defeat of his party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra.
Ambedkar himself lost the elections from Akola.
I humbly accept Akola’s and the rest of Maharashtra’s mandate in the Lok Sabha elections,” said Ambedkar, the lawyer-politician.
70-year-old Prakash is the grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambekar, the chief architect of India’s Constitution.
“I want to thank every VBA karyakarta for their tireless efforts and concrete dedication towards the party. I would like to thank the newly-elected MPs, who defeated the BJP-led NDA alliance. I am disappointed that the party did not win, but I have not lost hope,” said Ambedkar, a two-time Lok Sabha MP from Akola and a one-term Rajya Sabha MP.
“My colleagues and I will introspect about and analyse the causes of our defeat and work on strengthening the party in the coming days. Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Vijay Aso,” he said, signing off.
Ambedkar has put up candidates or backed candidates in most of the places in the state.
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