Elect me, and I will get brides for you, candidate tells youth

Rajesaheb Deshmukh, NCP (SP) candidate from Parli, takes up 'crucial issue' for sad bachelors in the constituency

- Ravikiran Deshmukh

When it comes to winning an election, it's difficult to predict which promises will swing the voters. But when a large chunk of the electorate comprises young people yearning to get married, a promise to find suitable brides might just work.

This is what NCP (SP) candidate Rajesaheb Deshmukh, pitted against NCP (Ajit Pawar)'s Dhananjay Munde in Parli (District Beed) constituency, may have had in his mind when he asked about prospective grooms at one of his rallies.