BJP Minister Nitesh Rane says Congress won in Nagpur due to second preference votes

Mumbai, Oct 29 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and Maharashtra Ports Development Minister Nitesh Rane said here on Thursday that the Congress won the Nagpur seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Council election, because of second-preference votes and not because of party leader Rahul Gandhi. Speaking to media persons here, Rane said, "The Nagpur seat was won by the Congress purely due to second-preference votes for an independent candidate. When first-preference votes were counted, our BJP candidate was ahead". Commenting on the celebrations by the Congress after winning the seat, Rane stated that the Congress candidate won purely because of second-preference votes…