Distancing the Ranes from an editorial in their family-owned newspaper Prahaar accusing Congress leaders of working for Narayan Rane’s defeat in the Bandra East bypoll, his younger son Nitesh added in the same breath yesterday that his father had won and the Congress had lost.

A file photo of Nitesh Rane (centre) filing his nomination for the Kankavli seat during the 2014 Assembly polls, flanked by elder brother Nilesh (left) and Narayan Rane. While Nitesh had won, his father had lost from his stronghold, Kudal