Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) won the Mumbai by-election in Andheri (East) by an enormous majority of more than 66,000 votes.
The 10,000-plus edge in the crucial district, where the TRS had thrown its full weight behind the campaign, was close enough to demonstrate the growing BJP influence; the Cong loses its deposit.
It has long been acknowledged that Ela Bhatt's SEWA's efforts to improve the lives of its more than 2.1 million members and many others around the globe serve as a role model for the rest of the world.