Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: BJP tries to fix house before releasing party’s candidates list

The tussle for candidature, sources said, was chiefly constricted to Parvati, Kothrud, and Khadakwasla Assembly seats successful Pune.

Meanwhile, a database of appointments of cardinal BJP functionaries, among others, successful authorities corporations has gone viral connected societal media, but the authorities authorities has neither confirmed the improvement nor denied it.

“I person learned from the media that I person been appointed arsenic chairperson of 1 of the authorities corporations. I had ne'er demanded it. In fact, I person asked for enactment candidature from the Parvati Assembly constituency and anticipation that the enactment volition judge it,” said BJP canvass aspirant Srinath Bhimale.

“The mentation for the Assembly predetermination started a twelvemonth agone and we person reached retired to each location successful the constituency,” helium said, adding that the enactment should see him for candidature.

Khadakwasla spot contender BJP person Dilip Vede-Patil said authorities enactment main Chandrashekhar Bawankule had called him for a meeting. “I insisted that the enactment should springiness the summons to maine from Khadakwasla arsenic it was the request of voters. However, the authorities BJP main said aspirants should enactment for enactment candidates adjacent if we are denied a summons to contention the election,” helium added.

In Kothrud, BJP canvass aspirant Amol Balwadkar is steadfast connected contesting the Assembly predetermination and stayed distant from a gathering convened by the authorities BJP main stating helium was unwell. BJP leaders similar erstwhile legislator Jagdish Mulik are besides reportedly eyeing the Vadgaonsheri spot apt to spell to confederation partners.

The 288-member Maharashtra Assembly volition spell to the polls successful a azygous signifier connected November 20, with the counting slated to beryllium held connected November 23.