10 high-profile Assembly battles to watch out for as Maharashtra goes to the polls today

It’s uncle Ajit Pawar from NCP versus nephew Yugendra Pawar from NCP (SP) in the Pawar family’s accepted Baramati Assembly spot successful Pune district. After the decision of his woman successful the Lok Sabha polls, Ajit Pawar is trying to beryllium his supremacy by winning the spot for the eighth time, portion Sharad Pawar has entrusted his grandnephew and debutant Yugendra arsenic successor successful the constituency.

Nagpur South West: Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) vs Prafful Gudadhe (Congress)

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is the Maharashtra BJP’s face, is successful a pugnacious conflict successful his bastion of Nagpur South West against Congress campaigner Prafful Gudadhe. While Fadnavis has been extensively campaigning successful the state, Gudadhe poses a significant challenge successful his homeyard. An influential Congress leader from Nagpur, Gudadhe has managed to end the infighting successful the enactment and raised a situation to Fadnavis.

Shirdi: Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil (BJP) vs Prabhavati Ghogare (Congress)

Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, a heavyweight, is engaged successful a bitter conflict with Prabhavati Ghogare, a debutant from the Congress known for her firebrand speeches and attacks connected Vikhe-Patil. Congress person Priyanka Gandhi held a run rally for Ghogare and the enactment is extending each imaginable assistance to decision Vikhe-Patil, a erstwhile Congressman.

Kolhapur North: Rajesh Kshirsagar (Shiv Sena) vs Rajesh Latkar (independent)

In an embarrassment to the Congress, the party’s authoritative candidate, Madhurimaraje Chhatrapati, withdrew from the contention connected the past day, forcing the enactment to enactment autarkic Rajesh Latkar, who was the archetypal prime of the party. Kshirsagar, a erstwhile MLA from this seat, is looking to regain his past glory. The prestige of elder Congress person Satej Patil is besides astatine involvement successful this conflict and the municipality constituency is witnessing a fierce battle.

Nandgaon: Suhas Kande (Shiv Sena) vs Sameer Bhujbal (independent) vs Ganesh Dhatrak (Shiv Sena-UBT)

Challenging the alleged “terror” of Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande, his party’s state NCP’s candidate, Sameer Bhujbal, is contesting the Nandgaon spot successful Nasik arsenic an independent. In 2019, Kande defeated the undivided NCP’s Pankaj Bhujbal, a relative of Sameer. The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has fixed the summons to Dhatrak from Shiv Sena (UBT).

Bhokar: Tirupati Kondekar (Congress) vs Shreejaya Chavan (BJP)

Former Congress main curate Ashok Chavan’s prestige is astatine involvement successful his accepted Bhokar constituency successful Nanded, wherever his girl Shreejaya is making her electoral debut. The Congress excessively has fielded a debutant, Tirupati Kondekar aka Pappu Patil, who is simply a fashionable look among the youth. Battling the discontent implicit his joining of the BJP and the absorption of respective almighty families successful the region, Ashok Chavan, present a Rajya Sabha member, is campaigning time successful and time retired to guarantee his daughter’s victory. The Congress excessively has deployed each his elder enactment successful this constituency to thatch Chavan a lesson.

Ashti: Balasaheb Ajabe (NCP) vs Suresh Dhas (BJP) vs Maheboob Sheikh (NCP-SP) vs Bhimrao Dhonde (independent)

In an absorbing four-corner battle, 3 candidates successful Beed district’s Ashti constituency are supportive of the ruling alliance. While the spot went to the BJP, incumbent Balasaheb Ajabe was fixed the summons by the party’s state NCP. Miffed implicit being denied the ticket, erstwhile MLA Bhimrao Dhonde of the BJP has filed his information arsenic an independent. The MVA has fielded a debutant from NCP (SP), Maheboob Sheikh, the party’s lone Muslim campaigner extracurricular Mumbai.

Pandharpur: Samadhan Autade (BJP) vs Bhagirath Bhalke (Congress) vs Anil Sawant (NCP-SP)

In a three-corner combat successful Solapur district’s Pandharpur, incumbent BJP MLA is facing a situation from 2 Opposition candidates. Unable to settee the seat-sharing dispute, some Congress and NCP (SP) have fielded beardown candidates. Bhagirath Bhalke is simply a lad of deceased MLA Bharat Bhalke and Sawant excessively hails from an influential governmental family. The conflict is apt to propulsion surprises.

Kannad: Udaysingh Rajput (Sena UBT) vs Sanjana Jadhav (Shiv Sena) vs Harshvardhan Jadhav (independent)

In a triangular battle, a hubby and woman are warring against each different for the Kannad spot successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Former MNS MLA Harshvardhan Jadhav is an autarkic candidate, portion his woman and girl of BJP person Raosaheb Danve is simply a Shiv Sena candidate. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT) has fixed the summons to incumbent Udaysingh Rajput, the lone Shiv Sena MLA who did not articulation hands with Eknath Shinde aft the rebellion wrong the party.

Aheri: Dharmraobaba Atram (NCP) vs Bhagyashri Atram (NCP-SP)

In Gadchiroli’s Aheri constituency, a begetter and girl person locked horns with each other. Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram is being challenged by his girl Bhagyashri for the spot that members of the erstwhile Atram royal household person been winning for respective terms. In 2014, Atram was defeated by his nephew. Now, helium is facing a situation from his daughter.