Come election time and politicians suddenly realise that they need the hand of god to see them through, causing them to do the rounds of various religious places. Even in this endeavour, each candidate wants to outdo the other. But rarely does it happen that rival contestants end up at the same temple at the same time.
Possibly, it could be a reference to the same almanac for auspicious times to propitiate divinity, which leads to such ‘miraculous’ meetings.The stars aligned in such a way on Friday, when two aspirants for the Maval Lok Sabha seat, Parth Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena probable, Shrirang Barne, came face-to-face at a temple in Dehu.
Warkaris, who were assembled at Dehu on the occasion of Tukaram Beej, were surprised to see two leaders at prayer, with the same thought — success in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Sant Tukaram must have surely been in a quandary, as both want victory and only one can succeed.
