Even if victory is certain, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants its Legislative Council candidate Prasad Lad to get more than 200 votes in Thursday's Legislative Council by-polls, in which 288 Assembly members will participate. BJP has set the target after the votes garnered by President Ram Nath Kovind in Maharashtra in July this year. For these by-polls, Lad faces Congress's Dilip Mane, who is also supported by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Prasad Lad. File pic