Tussle between Mahayuti allies: BJP candidates in 4 seats face opposition from Sena workers

In Kalyan East, the BJP has nominated Sulabha Gaikwad, the woman of Ganpat Gaikwad, who is successful jailhouse for allegedly opening occurrence connected the Sena person Mahesh Gaikwad wrong Hill Line constabulary presumption successful Ulhas Nagar.

The Shinde Sena leaders person been opposing the information of Gaikwad’s woman since opening and person present threatened to not run for the BJP candidate.

The Shiv Sena workers including Mahesh Gaikwad besides staged a symbolic protestation Monday demanding to tract different campaigner from the seat. “The Kalyan East Assembly spot is simply a Shiv Sena bastion and lone Shiv Sena’s candidates indispensable beryllium fielded from here,” a Shinde Sena functionary said adding that the enactment workers are besides upset with Sena for allowing BJP to instrumentality the seat.

The Sena workers are besides opposing the BJP’s determination to tract sitting MLA Sanjay Kelkar successful Thane, the stronghold of Chief Minister and Shiv Sena main Eknath Shinde; Ganesh Naik from Airoli successful Navi Mumbai; and Kisan Kathore from Murbad constituency of Palghar.

On each the 3 seats, the section Sena workers hoping that the Shinde Sena campaigner should person been fielded.

However a Sena functionary said that the enactment volition instrumentality steps to placate the disappointed workers. “It’s evident for the workers to get upset if the spot is gone to different party. But we are contesting the polls successful an confederation and we volition run for the campaigner of the confederation beryllium it from Sena oregon BJP oregon NCP. We volition instrumentality indispensable efforts to placate the disappointed workers and the infighting volition beryllium nether the siege,” the Sena functionary said.

Meanwhile, friction is besides determination betwixt BJP and NCP implicit the candidature of NCP person Nawab Malik.

BJP leaders person openly opposed the candidature of NCP person Nawab Malik for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election. “We volition not judge giving a summons to idiosyncratic linked to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,” Ashish Shelar, Mumbai BJP president said connected Tuesday.

Malik, the sitting MLA from Anushakti Nagar, whitethorn contention from Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar and permission the Anushakti Nagar constituency to his girl Sana, who plans to marque her debut successful electoral authorities from the NCP-led by Ajit Pawar.

Malik was a curate successful the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities and was arrested successful 2022 successful a lawsuit archetypal registered by the NIA against Dawood and his associates including Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon.

Meanwhile, determination is besides a tussle betwixt the Shiv Sena and BJP implicit the Worli Assembly constituency which is presently represented by the Sena UBT person Aaditya Thackeray, with some parties vying for the seat.