NCP declares second list: It’s Zeeshan Siddique vs Varun Sardesai in Bandra East

Zeeshan suffered a stroke 2 weeks agone erstwhile his begetter and erstwhile curate Baba Siddique was changeable dormant by gangsters extracurricular his office. Since then, determination has been speculation connected whether helium would stay with the Congress. While Baba Siddique had joined the NCP, Zeeshan had not officially joined the enactment and but had made his intentions wide by sharing the signifier with Ajit Pawar during his Yatra.

On Wednesday, aft the Shiv Sena (UBT) announced its archetypal database and declared Sardesai’s sanction arsenic the Maha Vikas Aghadi campaigner from the Bandra East seat, Zeeshan had deed retired astatine the enactment connected societal media. In a station connected X, Zeeshan had said that aged friends had announced a campaigner from Bandra East. “It was ne'er their quality to travel friendship…now the radical volition decide,” the station read.

Zeeshan had defeated the undivided Shiv Sena campaigner successful the 2019 Assembly polls. He was besides aided by the rebellion wrong the Sena then. This clip around, it volition beryllium a nonstop combat betwixt him and the Shiv Sena (UBT).

Among different announcements, Sana Malik, the girl of MLA Nawab Malik, volition contention from her father’s constituency Anushaktinagar. Her missing sanction from the party’s archetypal database had raised eyebrows arsenic the BJP had clarified that it would not beryllium campaigning for Malik.

Malik is apt to contention arsenic an Independent from the neighbouring Shivaji Nagar-Mankhurd Assembly spot against Abu Azmi of the Samajwadi Party.

The NCP besides gave tickets to erstwhile BJP MPs Sanjaykaka Patil (Sangli) and Pratap Patil-Chikhalikar (Nanded). They volition contention from Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal and Loha Assembly seats, respectively.

The NCP emerged connected apical successful the tussle with the BJP implicit Pune’s Vadgaon-Sheri Assembly spot with NCP’s sitting MLA Sunil Tingre acceptable to re-contest from the seat. The BJP was keen connected nominating erstwhile MLA Jagdish Mulik from the constituency.

The NCP besides named Nishikant Patil arsenic its campaigner successful Islampur, wherever helium volition instrumentality connected NCP (SP) authorities main Jayant Patil, and Dyaneshwar Katke arsenic its campaigner from Shirur, wherever helium volition instrumentality connected NCP (SP)’s Ashok Pawar.

The Assembly elections successful Maharashtra volition beryllium held connected November 20 and results volition beryllium declared connected November 23.