2 hours ago
2
The Shiv Sena UBT connected Wednesday released its archetypal database of 65 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections, renominating 14 retired of its 15 sitting MLAs. The announcement came minutes earlier a associated property league of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), wherever a woody of 85 seats each betwixt the allies — NCP (SP), Congress and Shiv Sena UBT — was announced.
The lone sitting MLA excluded from the database is Ajay Chaudhari, who represents Sewri. While his sanction does not fig successful the archetypal list, enactment insiders said that Sudhir Dalvi is being considered from the seat.
Aaditya Thackeray, lad of enactment main Uddhav Thackeray, volition question re-election from the Worli constituency, portion Aaditya’s relative Varun Sardesai is making his electoral debut from Bandra East.
The enactment has besides fielded candidates successful 12 different seats crossed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Kedar Dighe, nephew of the precocious Sena stalwart Anand Dighe, volition contention against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde successful the Kopri-Panchpakhadi constituency. The combat betwixt Dighe and Shinde, who was mentored by Anand Dighe, is expected to crook fierce.
In Mahim, Mahesh Sawant volition instrumentality connected Amit Thackeray, lad of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) main Raj Thackeray. Rajan Vichare, erstwhile MP from Thane who mislaid successful the caller Lok Sabha polls, has been fixed a summons for the Thane assembly seat, considered a stronghold of CM Shinde.
Newly joined leaders specified arsenic Unmesh Patil from Chalisgaon, Advay Hire from Malegaon and Suresh Bankar from Sillod person besides been fixed tickets. Seats specified arsenic Versova, Colaba and Chandivali, which are inactive nether dialog with Congress and NCP, were not named successful the archetypal list.
The enactment has besides announced candidates for immoderate disputed seats wrong the MVA confederation — Vishal Barbate from Ramtek, Ganesh Dhatrak from Nandgaon and Amar Patil from Solapur South. Shankarrao Gadakh, sitting MLA from the Krantikari Shetkari Party who aligned with Sena (UBT) successful 2022, has been fixed a summons from Nevasa successful Ahmednagar.
In Mumbai, Sameer Desai, erstwhile BJP caput and nephew of precocious Congress person Gurudas Kamat, volition contention from Goregaon, portion Anant Nar has been fielded from Jogeshwari East.
Several caller faces are replacing MLAs who switched to the Shinde camp. Pravin Morajkar volition contention successful Kurla, Udesh Patekar successful Magathane and Harshad Kadam successful Patan, wherever helium volition situation authorities curate Shambhuraj Desai. Rahul Patil, lad of erstwhile MLA Dyaneshwar Patil, has been fielded against curate Tanaji Sawant successful Paranda. The database besides includes MK Madhvi, who volition instrumentality connected BJP curate Ganesh Naik successful Airoli.
Apart from Aaditya Thackeray, the 13 different sitting MLAs renominated see Sunil Prabhu from Dindoshi, Sanjay Potnis from Kalina, Prakash Fatarpekar from Chembur and Rutuja Latke from Andheri East, among others.
However, aft the Sena UBT released its archetypal list, elder person Sanjay Raut said, “There are fewer mistakes successful the Shiv Sena – UBT database released conscionable now. Those volition beryllium rectified.”
The upcoming assembly elections are important for some factions of the Sena, arsenic this is the archetypal clip they volition face-off aft the divided successful 2022. In the 2019 assembly elections, the agreed Shiv Sena had contested 124 seats successful confederation with the BJP, winning 56 seats. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has announced its candidates for 45 assembly seats. With Uddhav-led Sena’s archetypal list, 2 factions are acceptable to instrumentality connected successful astatine slightest 24 Assembly constituencies.
.png "indianexpress.")
.png "khaleejtimes")
.png "arabnews")
.png "gulfnews"){kind=logo}
English (US) · 
Hindi (IN) ·