Kamat says his stint in the Lok Sabha has not beenenough to take on the problems of his constituency. You made history of sorts defeating Pramod Mahajan last time but the contest is very different this time. This time there is no contest at all. Kirit Somaiya does not even consider himself a candidate while the other opposition does not count. Still, there will be a division of non-BJP votes because NCP has put up Ram Manohar Tripathi.
Records show that whenever there's a division of secular votes, theCongress has lost the seat.
With due respect to Tripathi, he is in the electoral fray after 21 years. Thereafter, he hasn't been among the public or done much work. Besides, like me, many are baffled about his candidature in the first place. In 1984, during my first election, he came for a speech, blessed me and hurried away because he had to be, simply had to be as he said, in Amethi for Rajivji. In the last 14 months, he has said that Sonia Gandhi's presidentship will change the entire fortune of the party and it will be a dream come true when she is in the PM's chair one day.