With 2.25 lakh voters, he knows it is difficult to meet all registered voters, but has given himself a target of at least 75 per cent of them. Since he holds 20 such meetings, he eats small meals on the move in his car, preferring fruits and juices to a traditional lunch or dinner. "I eat my meals (mostly fruits) in the car. The time saved by having food on the move is used to meet more people."

He tells those me meets that he will improve interior and arterial roads, bring more mobile towers to address poor connectivity, and create more tourism jobs.
Sawant, meanwhile, prefers large meetings and sabhas. Sawant, who was associated with Narayan Rane for 25 years, was fielded by the Sena at the last minute, with the sole aim of denting the Ranes.

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"Our aim is to reach maximum people," he said. "I was given the go-ahead as the Sena candidate at the last minute. I don't have much time. Hence, I prefer big gatherings to reach the maximum number of people in a limited time."

The Sena candidate munches on biscuits and other coastal Konkan staples at a party worker's home near his rally venue to save time. And by all accounts, he needs all the time he can muster to fulfill the task assigned by his bosses.

2.25 lakh
No. of voters in Kankavli constituency

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