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Battle royale Maharashtra: Eight prestige seats that may go down to the wire

kaazmi2012@gmail.com (Super User) — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:18:55 +0000

Battle royales and grudge matches are at play in the intense contest for power in Maharashtra, India's most industrialised state.

Besides victory and loss, the outcomes in these assembly constituencies could shape the future of the leaders in the fray as well as their frontsâthe Mahayuti and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

A look at some of the big fights that will determine the course of this election:

Worli

In 2019, Aaditya Thackeray became the first from his family to venture into electoral politics by contesting the assembly elections from Worli in Mumbai. As the nominee of the undivided Shiv Sena, Thackeray got a cakewalk of sorts when Sachin Ahir, an ex-MLA from the seat and a former minister from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), joined the Shiv Sena. Thackeray romped home against the NCP-backed Suresh Mane by almost 70,000 votes.

However, much water has flown down the bridge since then, and this time, Thackeray faces a triangular fight against Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora and former corporator Sandeep Deshpande of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Thackeray's Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faces the challenge of reaching out to voters with the new 'mashaal', or flaming torch symbol, instead of the traditional 'bow and arrow' that is now with the Sena faction led by chief minister Eknath Shinde.

The Worli seat has 65-70 per cent Marathi speakers, and around a third of the constituency lives in slums and a significant number in chawls. Thackeray's opponents accuse him of being inaccessible. Deshpande is expected to cut into the Marathi votes of the undivided Shiv Sena while Deora may get some votes from residents of high-rises and housing societies, who form around 15 per cent of the electorate.

Thackeray, speaking to INDIA TODAY, listed the launch of the first mobile Covid-care centre for the people of Worli and Mumbai, pushing the pending redevelopment of the BDD chawls and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects as his achievements as the constituency's MLA. "Where were these people, who are making these allegations against me, during the Covid pandemic? Some went away to their farm houses. We have worked for the people during the Covid pandemic. Some were even ready to join us, but we refused to take them in. After all, what was the benefit for Maharashtra if we gave them a Rajya Sabha berth?" he retorted, when asked about allegations about his inaccessibility.

Baramati

In the Lok Sabha elections, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) patriarch Sharad Pawar won the first round of his battle against his recalcitrant nephew and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar when his daughter Supriya Sule defeated Ajit's wife Sunetra Pawar. A humbled Ajit was forced to say that fielding his wife against his cousin was a blunder.

Now, another Pawar versus Pawar fight is taking place in Baramati as Ajit, as a contestant, faces a challenge from nephew Yugendra Pawar, son of his younger brother Shrinivas aka Bapu. Yugendra, who had hit the ground running in the Lok Sabha elections for his aunt Sule, is focusing on issues like stagnating industrial growth and water problems in parts of the constituency located in Pune district. He hopes to tap into the perceived anti-incumbency against uncle Ajit, who has been representing the seat since 1991.

However, despite Sule's swashbuckling victory, Ajit's supporters claim that it is 'Dada' (as he is called) who will make the cut in this assembly poll contest. "We will win the election one way by a margin of over 100,000 votesâ¦ The issue of development will work here. In the Lok Sabha elections, the issue of this being saheb's (Pawar Senior) last election came into play and affected the results," says Jay Patil, Baramati city chief of the NCP.

Mahim

In the Mahim seat that abuts Worli, Aaditya Thackeray's politically estranged cousin Amit Thackeray is in the fray as a nominee of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). MNS chief Raj Thackeray's son is the second Thackeray to contest a public election. While the BJP was eager that Sada Sarvankar, the Shiv Sena MLA from the seat, withdraw from the fray in Amit's favour, Sarvankar dug his heels in, allegedly at the urging of his party bosses. This was apparently because the Shiv Sena top brass was upset at Raj's statement that the next chief minister of Maharashtra would be from the BJP and with support from the MNS. This implied that incumbent Eknath Shinde was on his way out.

Sharing his vision for the constituency, Amit told INDIA TODAY: "I want to completely transform Mahim beyond people's expectations. I want to clean up the seashore, solve the problems of the residents of the police colony and the Kolis (fisherfolk). Shivaji Park has not been developed in the manner it should be. The cricket pitches must be aesthetic. I go there for a walk daily. Cricketers urge me to do something about it, and say this is the worst pitch on which they are playing cricket in Mumbai. This is very unfortunate. Where do we take our children to play? I take my son Kian to play in a park developed by Raj saheb (Raj Thackeray) using Lata Didi's (late maestro Lata Mangeshkar) funds (when she was a Rajya Sabha MP). I am 32 years old and my son is two. I am taking him to the very place where I played as a child."

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded Mahesh Sawant, who hopes to sail through in the battle between the MNS and the Shiv Sena, based on the sympathy votes for the Uddhav Thackeray faction. There is much at stake for all three Senas since this constituency is at the heart of the nativist politics of the undivided Shiv Sena and the iconography of party founder Bal Thackeray.

The Shiv Sena was formed at Ranade Road in Dadar, where the Thackeray clan stayed in a modest ground-floor flat. Thackeray family patriarch 'Prabodhankar' Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, the journalist and activist, had launched public Navratri celebrations with social reformers Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Raobahadur S.K. Bole. The Shiv Sena held its first public meeting and its annual Dusshera rallies at Shivaji Park in Dadar and it is here that Bal Thackeray was cremated in 2012.

The party that wins Mahim will be able to strengthen its claim on the nativist legacy of Bal Thackeray.

Kudal, Kankavali and Sawantwadi

In 2005, then leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Narayan Rane quit the Shiv Sena and joined the Congress after a protracted battle for space with Uddhav Thackeray, who was the working president of the Sena. Rane's men took on Shiv Sainiks in pitched street battles in Mumbai and his home district of Sindhudurg on the Konkan coast. Rane defeated the Shiv Sena's Parshuram Uparkar from his Malvan seat despite Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's campaign.

In 2014, Rane faced a massive setback after he was defeated in his constituency of Kudal by Vaibhav Naik of the Shiv Sena. Later, he was trounced by the Shiv Sena's Trupti Sawant from Vandre (East) in a bypoll. Now, Rane, who has joined the BJP, has been elected to the Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg, defeating two-term MP Vinayak Raut of the Shiv Sena (UBT).

Life seems to have full circle for the Ranes as his elder son Nilesh, a former MP, has joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena to take on Naik from Kudal. In neighbouring Kankavali, younger brother Nitesh is looking for a hat-trick against Sandesh Parkar of the Shiv Sena (UBT). Thus, the Ranes and the Thackerays are locked in a grudge match from the two seats. The Shiv Sena (UBT) is focusing its attacks on what it says are the strong-arm tactics of the Ranes in the district.

In Sindhudurg, school education minister Deepak Kesarkar of the Shiv Sena is facing a challenge from the Sena (UBT)'s Rajan Teli, who was close to Rane and quit the Shiv Sena with him. He has now returned to Thackeray's fold. However, there is a multi-cornered fight in the seat as BJP leader Vishal Parab, who is close to PWD minister Ravindra Chavan, and NCP (SCP) leader Archana Ghare-Parab have rebelled. A section of old-time Shiv Sainiks is upset at "an original gaddar (traitor)"âreference to Teliâbeing deployed to take on a more recent "gaddar" (Kesarkar).

Dr Jayendra Parulekar, spokesperson, Shiv Sena (UBT), Sindhudurg, said the battle was against the "terror" unleashed by the Ranes and their workers in the district, and added that the people of the Konkan would stand by the party. However, former BJP MLA Pramod Jathar, who is the organisational coordinator for the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat, claimed they would win all three seats. He pointed to how the BJP and Rane won the Lok Sabha seat in times when the political mood was against the party and the Mahayuti.

Vandre East

In 2019, Congress candidate Zeeshan Siddiqui became a surprise winner in the Vandre East seat, where 'Matoshri,' the Thackeray family residence in Kalanagar, is located. The constituency that covers Bandra East in suburban Mumbai, has a strong middle and lower-middle class pocket apart from Muslim strongholds like Behrampada, and the upper classes in the business district of the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).

Though the chances of Siddiqui, who is the son of former Congress minister Baba Siddiqui, were bolstered by the rebellion of Shiv Sena MLA Trupti Sawant, who had been denied a nomination in favour of Vishwanath Mahadeshwar in 2019, Sena leaders had expressed surprise at the Congress candidate, a Muslim, picking up around 8,000 votes in a civic ward dominated by Marathi-speakers from the Konkan.

Now, Siddiqui is contesting as a candidate of the NCP, and pitted against him is Varun Sardesai, the Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee, and maternal cousin of Aaditya Thackeray. Sawant, who is the widow of former MLA Prakash (Bala) Sawant, is contesting as a MNS nominee. Siddiqui may get sympathy votes due to the murder of his father, allegedly by the members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

The jury is still out on whether the Sena (UBT) will capture its former stronghold or the results of the 2019 battle will repeat itself in a triangular fight.

Maharashtra Election 2024: Full List Of Candidates And Their Constituencies

kaazmi2012@gmail.com (Super User) — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:05:29 +0000

Maharashtra Election 2024: Maharashtra assembly elections are now in their final phase with political parties reaching every corner to woo the voters.

Senior leaders like Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, JP Nadda, Amit Shah, Eknath Shinde, Uddhav Thackeray, Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar have been campaigning for their party candidates.

The contest has turned interesting this time with two major regional parties - Shiv Sena and the NCP - going to the polls after facing a split. While Eknath Shinde is leading the Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray is leading the Shiv Sena UBT. Similarly, Ajit Pawar is leading the NCP while Sharad Pawar is leading the NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar faction.

The Shinde Sena and the NCP-Ajit are part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance with the BJP while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi consists of Congress, NCPSP, Sena-UBT, Samajwadi Party and the Left. Both the faction has ruled the state for around two-and-half years and are seeking vote in the name of work done by their respective governments.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) said that Maharashtra has 9.63 crore registered voters, with 4.97 crore male voters and 4.66 crore female voters. A total of 52,789 polling stations will be set up, including 39,048 in rural areas and 13,741 in urban areas.

There are a total of 1,00,186 polling stations in Maharashtra across 52,789 locations. Of these, 42,604 polling booths are located in urban region while 57,582 are in rural areas. The average number of voters per polling station is 960.

BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP vs Congress-NCPSP-Sena UBT Full Candidate List

Seat	Mahayuti Candidate/Party	MVA Candidate/Party
1 - Akkalkuwa (ST)	Amshya Fulji Padvi -Shiv Sena	Adv K C Padavi - Cong
2 - Shahada (ST)	Rajesh Udesing Padvi -BJP	Rajedrakumar Krishnarao Gavit - Cong
3 - Nandurbar (ST)	Vijaykumar Krushnarao Gavit -BJP	Engg. Kiran Damodar Tadvi -Cong
4 - Nawapur (ST)	Bharat Manikrao Gavit - NCP	Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik - Cong
5 - Sakri (ST)	Manjula Tulshiram Gavit-Shiv Sena	Pravin (Gotu) Bapu Chaure - Cong
6 - Dhule Rural	Raghavendra Manohar Patil - BJP	Kunalbaba Rohidas Patil - Cong
7 - Dhule City	Anup Agarwal -BJP	Anil Umrao Gote -Sena UBT
8 - Sindhkheda	Jaykumar Jitendrasinh Rawal -BJP	Bedse Sandeep Tryambakrao - NCPSP
9 - Shirpur (ST)	Kashiram Vechan Pawara -BJP	Budha Mala Pawara -CPI
10 - Chopda (ST)	Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane -Shiv Sena	Prabhakar Aappa Gotu Sonawane - Sena UBT
11 - Raver	Amol Jawale -Shiv Sena	Chaudhari Dhananjay Shirish-Cong
12 - Bhusawal (SC)	Savkare Sanjay Waman - BJP	Rajesh Tukaram Manwatkar - Cong
13 - Jalgaon City	Suresh Damu Bhole -BJP	Jayashri Sunil Mahajan -Sena UBT
14 - Jalgaon Rural	Gulabrao Raghunath Patil -Shiv Sena	Gulabrao Baburao Deokar - NCPSP
15 - Amalner	Anil Bhaidas Patil - NCP	Anil Nathu Shinde - Cong
16 - Erandol	Amol Chimanrao Patil- Shiv Sena	Satish Bhaskarrao Patil - NCPSP
17 - Chalisgaon	Mangesh Ramesh Chavan - BJP	Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil - Sena UBT
18 - Pachora	Kishor Appa Patil - Shiv Sena	Vaishalitai Narendrasingh Suryawanshi - Sena UBT
19 - Jamner	Girish Dattatray Mahajan- BJP	Khodape Dilip Baliram -NCPSP
20 - Muktainagar	Chandrakant Nimba Patil -Shiv Sena	Rohini Eknathrao Khadse - NCPSP
21 - Malkapur	Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti - BJP	Ekde Rajesh Panditrao - Cong
22 - Buldhana	Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad - Shiv Sena	Jayshree Sunil Shelke - Sena UBT
23 - Chikhli	Shweta Vidyadhar Mahale - BJP	Rahul Siddhavinayak Bondre - Cong
24 - Sindhkhed Raja	Manoj Devanand - NCP \| Shashikant Narsingrao - Shiv Sena	Dr Rajendra Bhaskarrao Shingne- NCPSP
25 - Mehkar (SC)	Sanjay Bhaskar Raymulkar - Shiv Sena	Siddharth Rambhau Kharat - Sena UBT
26 - Khamgaon	Akash Pandurang Fudkar -BJP	Rana Dilipkumar Sananda - Cong
27 - Jalgaon (Jamod)	Sanjay Shriram Kute - BJP	Swati Sandip Wakekar - Cong
28 - Akot	Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle - BJP	Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao - Cong
29 - Balapur	Baliram Bhagwan Siraskar - Shiv Sena	Nitin Bhikanrao Deshmukh - Sena UBT
30 - Aakola West	Vijay Kamalkishor Agrawal - BJP	Sajid Khan Pathan - Cong
31 - Akola East	Randhir Pralhadrao Sawarkar - BJP	Gopal Ashish Ramrao Datkar - Sena UBT
32 - Murtizapur (SC)	Harish Marotiappa Pimple - BJP	Samrat Dongardive - NCPSP
33 - Risod	Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali - Shiv Sena	Ameet Subhashrao Zanak - Cong
34 - Washim (SC)	Shyam Ramcharan Khode -BJP	Siddharth Akaramji Deole - Sena UBT
35 - Karanja	Sai Prakash Dahake - BJP	Patni Gyayak Rajendra - NCPSP
36 - Dhamangaon Railway	Adsad Pratap Arunbhau - BJP	Jagtap Virendra Walmikrao -Cong
37 - Badnera	Shrikant Baburaoji Fulsawande - RPIA	Sunil Baldeorao Kharate - Sena UBT
38 - Amrawati	Sulbha Sanjay Khodke - NCP	Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh- Cong
39 - Teosa	Rajesh Shriramji Wankhade - BJP	Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur - Cong
40 - Daryapur (SC)	Captain Abhijit Anand Adsul - Shiv Sena	Gajanan Motiram Lawate - Sena UBT
41 - Melghat (ST)	Kewalram Tulsiram Kale - BJP	Hemant Nanda Chimote - Cong
42 - Achalpur	Pravin Vasantrao Tayade - BJP	Anirudha Alias Babalubhau Deshmukh-Cong
43 - Morshi	Umesh Alias Chandu Yawalkar -BJP \| Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar -NCP	Girish Rangrao Karale -NCPSP
44 - Arvi	Sumit Wankhede - BJP	Mayura Amar Kale -NCPSP
45 - Deoli	Rajesh Bhaurao Bakane -BJP	Ranjit Prataprao Kamble- Cong
46 - Hinganghat	Samir Tryambakrao Kunawar - BJP	Atul Namdevrao Wandile - NCPSP
47 - Wardha	Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar -BJP	Shekhar Pramod Shende-Cong
48 - Katol	Charansing Babulalji Thakur - BJP \| Anil Shankarrao Deshmukh - NCP	Deshmukh Salil Anilbabu - NCPSP
49 - Savner	Ashish Deshmukh (BJP)	Anuja Kedar (Congress)
50 - Hingna	Sameer Dattatraya Meghe (BJP)	Rameshchandra Bang (NCP Sharad Pawar)
51 - Umred (SC)	Sudhir Parve (BJP)	Sanjay Meshram (Congress)
52 - Nagpur South West	Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (BJP)	Praful Gudadhe-Patil (Congress)
53 - Nagpur South	Mohan Gopalrao Mate (BJP)	Girish Pandav (Congress)
54 - Nagpur East	Krishna Pancham Khopde (BJP)	Duneshwar Pethe (NCP SP)
55 - Nagpur Central	Pravin Datke (BJP)	Bunty Shelke (Congress)
56 - Nagpur West	Sudhakar Vitthalrao Kohale (BJP)	Vikas Thakre (Congress)
57 - Nagpur North (SC)	Dr Milind Mane (BJP)	Nitin Raut (Congress)
58 - Kamthi	Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule (BJP)	Suresh Bhoyar (Congress)
59 - Ramtek	Ashish Jaiswal (Shinde Sena)	Vishal Barbate (Sena UBT)
60 - Tumsar	Raju Karemore (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Charan Waghmare (NCPSP)
61 - Bhandara (SC)	Narendra Bhondekar (Shinde Sena)	Puja Ganesh Thavkar (Congress)
62 - Sakoli	Avinash Anandrao Brahmankar (BJP)	Nana Patole (Congress)
63 - Arjuni Morgaon (SC)	Rajkumar Badole (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Dalip Waman Bansod (Congress)
64 - Tirora	Vijay Rahangdale (BJP)	Ravikant Bopche (NCP Sharad Pawar)
65 - Gondia	Vinod Agrawal (BJP)	Gopaldas Shankarlal Agrawal (Congrerss)
66 - Amgaon (ST)	Sanjay Hanwantrao Puram (BJP)	Rajkumar Lotuji Puram (Congress)
67 - Armori (ST)	Krushna Damaji Gajbe (BJP)	Ramdas Masram (Congress)
68 - Gadchiroli (ST)	Milind Narote (BJP)	Manohar Tulshiram Poreti (Congress)
69 - Aheri (ST)	Dharmarao Baba Atram (NCP Ajit Pawar	Bhagyashree Atram (NCP Sharad Pawar)
70 - Rajura	Deorao Bhongle (BJP)	Subhash Ramchandrarao Dhole (Congress)
71 - Chandrapur (SC)	Kishor Jorgewar (BJP)	Pravin Nanaji Padwekar (Congress)
72 - Ballarpur	Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar (BJP)	Santoshsingh Chandansingh Rawat (Congress)
73 - Bramhapuri	Krishnalal Sahare (BJP)	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar (Congress)
74 - Chimur	Bunty Bhangadiya (BJP)	Satish Manoharrao Warjukar (Congress)
75 - Warora	Daulat Daroda (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Pandurang Warora (NCP SP)
76 - Wani	Sanjivreddy Bapurao Bodkurwar (BJP)	Sanjay Derkar (Sena UBT)
77 - Ralegaon (ST)	Ashok Uike (BJP)	Prof. Vasant Chinduji Purke (Congress)
78 - Yavatmal	Madan Madhukarrao Yerawar (BJP)	Anil Balasaheb Shankarrao (Congress)
79 - Digras	Sanjay Rathod (Shinde Sena)	Pawan Jaiswal (Sena UBT) \| Manikrao Thakre (Congress)
80 - Arni (ST)	Raju Todsam (BJP	Jitendra Shivajirao Moghe (Congress)
81 - Pusad	Indranil Naik (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Sharad Med (NCP Sharad Pawar)
82 - Umarkhed (SC)	Kishan Wankhede (BJP)	Sahebrao Dattrao Kamble (Congress)
83 - Kinwat	Bhimrao Ramjee Keram (BJP)	Pradeep Naik (NCP Sharad Pawar)
84 - Hadgaon	Sambharao Baburao Kohlikar (Shiv Sena)	Madhavrao Nivruttirao Pawar Patil (Congress)
85 - Bhokar	Sreejaya Ashok Chavan (BJP)	Chandrakant Danve (NCP Sharad Pawar)
86 - Nanded North	Balaji Devidasrao Kalyankar- (Shiv Sena)	Sangita Vithal Patil-Sena UBT \| Abdul Sattar Gafur- Cong
87 - Nanded South	Balaji Kalyankar (Shinde Sena)	Mohanrao Marotrao Ambade (Congress)
88 - Loha	Prataprao Chikhlikar (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Eknath Pawar (Sena UBT)
89 - Naigaon	Rajesh Sambhaji Pawar (BJP)	Minal Niranjan Patil (Khatgaonkar) -Congress
90 - Deglur (SC)	Jitesh Antapurkar (BJP)	Nivruttirao Kondiba Kamble (Congress)
91 - Mukhed	Tushar Rathod (BJP)	Hanmantrao Venjkatrao Patil (Congress)
92 - Basmath	Chandrakant Alias Rajubhaiya Navghare-NCP	Dandegaonkar Jayprakash Salunke-NCPSP
93 - Kalamnusi	Santosh Bangar (Shinde Sena)	Santosh Tarfe (Sena UBT)
94 - Hingoli	Tanaii Mutkule (BJP)	Shyamrao Jagtap (Congress)
95 - Jintoor	Meghna Bordikar (BJP)	Vijay Bhamble (NCP Sharad Pawar)
96 - Parbhani	Anand Bharose (Shiv Sena)	Rahul Patil (Sena UBT)
97 - Gangakhed	Deshmukh Rupesh Manoharrao-MNS / No Mahayuti candidate	Kadam Vishal Vijaykumar - Shiv Sena (UBT)
98 - Pathri	Rajesh Uttamrao Vitekar - NCP	Warpudkar Suresh Ambadasrao - Congress
99 - Partur	Babanrao Lonikar - BJP	Asaram Jijabhau Borade/Patil - Shiv Sena (UBT)
100 - GHANSAWANGI	Udhan Hikmat Baliram - Shinde Shiv Sena	Rajeshbhaiyya Tope - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
101 - Jalna	Arjun Panditrao Khotkar - Shinde Shiv Sena	Kailas Kisanrao Gorantyal - Congress
102 - Badnapur (SC)	Narayan Kuche - BJP	Bablu Nehrulal Choudhary - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
103 - Bhokardan	Santosh Raosaheb Danve - BJP	Chandrakant Pundlikrao Danwe - NCPSP
104 - SILLOD	Abdul Sattar - Shinde Shiv Sena	Bankar Suresh Pandurang - Shiv Sena (UBT)
105 - Kannad	Ranjanatai Harshvardhan Jadhav- (Shiv Sena)	Udaysing Sardarsing Rajput - Shiv Sena (UBT)
106 - Phulambari	Anuradha Atul Chavan - BJP	Autade Vilas Keshavrao - Congress
107 - Aurangabad (Central)	Jaiswal Pradeep Shivnarayan - (Shiv Sena)	Dr. Balasaheb Thorat - Shiv Sena (UBT)
108 - Aurangabad (West) (SC)	Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat - Shinde Shiv Sena	Raju Ramrao Shinde - Shiv Sena (UBT)
109 - Aurangbad (East)	Atul Moreshwar Save - BJP	Lahu Hanmantrao Shewale - Congress
110 - Paithan	Bhumre Vilas Sandipanrao - Shinde Shiv Sena	Dattatray Radhakisan Gorde - Shiv Sena (UBT)
111 - Gangapur	Bumb Prashant Bansilal - BJP	Chavan Satish Bhanudasrao - NCPSP
112 - Vaijapur	Bornare Ramesh Nanasaheb - Shinde Shiv Sena	Dr.Dinesh Pardeshi - Shiv Sena (UBT)
113 - Nandgaon	Suhas Dwarkanath Kande - Shinde Shiv Sena	Ganesh Jagannath Dhatrak - Shiv Sena (UBT)
114 - Malegaon (Central)	N.A. BJP's nomination rejected	Ejaz Baig Aziz Baig - Congress
115 - Malegaon (Outer)	Dadaji Dagdu Bhuse-Shiv Sena	Advay (Aaba) Prashant Hiray - Shiv Sena (UBT)
116 - Baglan (ST)	Dilip Manglu Borse - BJP	Chavan Dipika Sanjay - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
117 - Kalwan (ST)	Nitinbhau Arjun (A.T.) Pawar - NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Gavit Com. Jiva Pandu- CPIM
118 - Chandvad	Dr.Aher Rahul Daulatrao - BJP	Shirishkumar Vasantrao Kotwal - Congress
119 - Yevla	Chhagan Bhujbal - NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Manikrao Madhavrao Shinde - NCPSP
120 - Sinnar	Adv. Kokate Manikrao Shivaji - NCP ( Ajit Pawar)	Uday Punjaji Sangale - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
121 - Niphad	Bankar Diliprao Shankarrao - NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Anil (Anna) Sahebrao Kadam - Shiv Sena (UBT)
122 - Dindori (ST)	Narahari Sitaram Zirwal - NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Charoskar Sunita Ramdas - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
123 - Nashik East	Shri Rahul Uttamrao Dhikale - BJP	Ganesh (Bhau) Baban Gite - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
124 - Nashik (Central)	Devyani Suhas Pharande - BJP	Gite Vasant Nivrutti - Shiv Sena (UBT)
125 - Nashik West	Seematai Mahesh Hiray - BJP	Badgujar Sudhakar Bhika - Shiv Sena (UBT)
126 - Deolali (SC)	Rajashri Tahasildartai-Shiv Sena \| Ahire Saroj Babulal - NCP	Yogesh Babanrao Gholap - Shiv Sena (UBT)
127 - Igatpuri (ST)	Khoskar Hiraman Bhika- NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Luckybhau Bhika Jadhav - Congress
134 - Bhiwandi Rural (ST)	Shri Rahul Uttamrao Dhikale - BJP	Ghatal Mahadev Ambo - Shiv Sena (UBT)
135 - Shahapur (ST)	Daulat Bhika Daroda - NCP (Ajit Pawar)	Barora Pandurang Mahadu - NCP Sharad Pawar
136 - Bhiwandi West	Mahesh Prabhakar Choughule - BJP	Dayanand Motiram Choraghe - Congress
137 - Bhiwandi East	Santosh Manjayya Shetty - Shinde Shiv Sena	Rais Kasam Shaikh-SP
138 - Kalyan West	Vishwanath Atmaram Bhoir - Shinde Shiv Sena	Basare Sachin Dilip - Shiv Sena (UBT)
139 - Murbad	Kisan Shankar Kathore - BJP	Subhash Gotiram Pawar - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
140 - Ambernath (SC)	Dr. Balaji Pralhad Kinikar - Shinde Shiv Sena	Rajesh Devendra Wankhede - Shiv Sena (UBT)
141 - Ulhasnagar	Ailani Kumar Uttamchand - BJP	Omie Pappu Kalani - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
142 - Kalyan East	Sulabha Kalu Gaikwad - BJP	Dhananjay Baburao Bodare - Shiv Sena (UBT)
143 - Dombivali	Ravindra Dattatray Chavan - BJP	Dipesh Pundlik Mhatre - Shiv Sena (UBT)
144 - Kalyan Rural	Rajesh Govardhan More - Shinde Shiv Sena	Subhash Ganu Bhoir - Shiv Sena (UBT)
145 - Mira Bhayandar	Narendra Mehta - BJP	Muzaffar Hussain - Congress
146 - Ovala majiwada	Pratap Baburao Sarnaik - Shinde Shiv Sena	Naresh Manera - Shiv Sena (UBT)
147 - Kopri-Pachpakhadi	Eknath Sambhaji Shinde - Shinde Shiv Sena	Kedar Prakash Dighe - Shiv Sena (UBT)
148 - Thane	Sanjay Mukund Kelkar - BJP	Rajan Baburao Vichare - Shiv Sena (UBT)
149 - Mumbra-Kalwa	Najeeb Mulla - NCP ( Ajit Pawar)	Awhad Jitendra Satish - NCP (Sharad Pawar)
150 - Airoli	Ganesh Naik - BJP	Manohar Krishna Madhavi - Shiv Sena UBT
151 - Belapur	Manda Vijay Mhatre - BJP	Sandeep Ganesh Naik - NCPSP
152 - Borivali	Sanjay Upadhyay (BJP)	Sanjay Bhosale (Sena UBT)
153 - Dhaisar	Manisha Chaudhary (BJP)	Vinod Ghosalkar (Shiv Sena (UBT))
154 - Magathane	Prakash Surve (Shinde Sena)	Udesh Patekar (Sena UBT)
155 - Mulund	Mihir Kotecha (BJP)	Sangeeta Waje (NCP Sharad Pawar)
156 - Vikhroli	Suvarna Karanje (Shinde Sena)	Sunil Raut (Sena UBT)
157 - Bhandup West	Ramesh Korgaonkar (Sena UBT)	Ashok Patil (Shinde Sena)
158 - Jogeshwari East	Manisha Waikar (Shinde Sena)	Anant Nar (Sena UBT)
159 - Dindoshi	Sanjay Nirupam (Shinde Sena)	Sunil Prabhu (Sena UBT)
160 - Kandivali East	Atul Bhatkhalkar (BJP)	Kalu Badheliya (Congress)
161 - Charkop	Yogesh Sagar (BJP)	Yashwant Jayprakash Singh (Congress)
162 - Malad West	Vinod Shelar (BJP)	Aslam Shaikh (Congress)
163 - Goregaon	Vidya Jaiprakash Thakur (BJP)	Samir Desai (Sena UBT)
164 - Varsova	Bharati Lavekar (BJP)	Harun Khan (Sena UBT)
165 - Andheri West	Ameet Satam (BJP)	Ashok Jadhav (Congress)
166 - Andheri East	Murji Patel (Shinde Sena)	Rutuja Latke (Sena UBT)
167 - Vile Parle	Parag Alavani (BJP)	Sandeep Naik (Sena UBT)
168 - Chandivali	Dilip Lande (Shinde Sena)	Mohd Aarif Nassem Khan (Congress)
169 - Ghatkopar West	Ram Kadam (BJP)	Sanjay Bhalerao (Sena UBT)
170 - Ghatkopar East	Parag Shah (BJP)	Rakhi Jadhav (NCP Sharad Pawar)
171 - Mankhurd shivajinagar	Shivaji Patil (Shinde Sena)	Nawab Malik (NCP Ajit Pawar)
172 - Anushakti Nagar	Sana Malik (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Avinash Rane (Shinde Sena)
173 - Chembur	Tukaram Kate (Shinde Sena)	Prakash Phatarpekar (Sena UBT)
174 - Kurla (SC)	Mangesh Kudalkar (Shinde Sena)	Pravina Morajkar (Sena UBT)
175 - Kalina	Amarjeet Singh (BJP)	Sanjay Potnis (Sena UBT)
176 - Vandre East	Zeeshan Siddique (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Varun Sardesai (Sena UBT)
177 - Vandre West	Ashish Shelar (BJP)	Asif Zakaria (Congress)
178 - Dharavi (SC)	Rajesh Khandare (Shinde Sena)	Dr Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad (Congress)
179 - Sion Koliwada	R. Tamil Selvan (BJP)	Ganesh Kumar Yadav (Congress)
180 - Wadala	Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar (BJP)	Shraddha Jadhav (Sena UBT)
181 - Mahim	Mahesh Sawant (Sena UBT)	Sada Sarvankar (Shinde Sena)
182 - Worli	Milind Deora (Shinde Sena)	Aaditya Thackeray (Sena UBT)
183 - Shivadi	Ajay Choudhari (Sena UBT)	Bala Nandgaonkar (MNS)
184 - Byculla	Yamini Jadhav (Shinde Sena)	Manoj Jamsutkar (Sena UBT)
185 - Malabar Hill	Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP)	Bherulal Choudhary (Sena UBT)
186 - Mumbadevi	Shaina NC (Shinde Sena)	Amin Patel (Congress)
187 - Colaba	Rahul Suresh Narwekar (BJP)	Heera Devasi (Congress)
188 - Panvel	Prashant Thakur (BJP)	Leena Garad (Sena UBT)
189 - Karjat	Mahendra Thorve (Shinde Sena)	Nitin Sawant (Sena UBT)
190 - Uran	Mahesh Baldi (BJP)	Manohar Bhoir (Sena UBT)
191 - Pen	Ravindra Patil (BJP)	Prasad Bhoir (Sena UBT)
192 - Alibag	Mahendra Dalvi (Shinde Sena)	Surendra Mhatre (Sena UBT)
193 - Shrivardhan	Aditi Tatkare (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Anil Dattaram Navgane - NCPSP
194 - Mahad	Bharat Gogavale (Shinde Sena)	Snehal Jagtap (Sena UBT)
195 - Junnar	Atul Benke (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Satyasheel Sherkar (NCP Sharad Pawar)
196 - Ambegaon	Dilip Walse-Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Devdutt Nikam (NCP Sharad Pawar)
197 - Khed Alandi	Dilip Mohite (NCP Ajit Pawar)	Amol Daundkar (Congress)
198 - Shirur	Ashok Pawar (NCP Sharad Pawar)	Dnyaneshwar Kutke (NCP Ajit Pawar)
199 - Daund	Rahul Subhashrao Kul (BJP)	Ramesh Appa Thorat ( NCP-SP)
200 - Indapur	Dattatraya Vithoba Bharane (NCP)	Harshvardhan Shahajirao Patil (NCP-SP)
201 - Baramati	Ajit Anantrao Pawar (NCP)	Yugendra Shrinivas Pawar (NCP-SP)
202 - Purandar	Vijaybapu Shivtare (Shiv Sena)	Sanjay Chandukaka Jagtap (Congress)
203 - Bhor	Shankar Hiraman Mandekar (NCP)	Sangram Anantrao Thopate (Congress)
204 - Maval	Sunil Shankarrao Shelke (NCP)	Gopal Yashwantrao Tantarpale- NCPSP backed Indipendent
205 - Chinchwad	Jagtap Shankar Pandurang-BJP	Kalate Rahul Tanaji-NCPSP
206 - Pimpri (SC)	Anna Dadu Bansode-NCP	Sulakshana Shilwant-Dhar-NCPSP
207 - Bhosari	Mahesh Kisan Landge-BJP	Ajit Damodar Gavhane-NCPSP
208 - Vadgaon Sheri	Sunil Vijay Tingre-NCP	Bapusaheb Tukaram Pathare-NCPSP
209 - Shivajinagar	Siddharth Anil Shirole-BJP	Datta Bahirat-Congress
210 - Kothrud	Chandrakant Bachhu Patil-BJP	Chandrakant Balbhim Mokate-Sena UBT
211 - Khadakwasala	Bhimrao Dhondiba Tapkir-BJP	Dodke Sachin Shivajirao-NCPSP
212 - Parvati	Madhuri Satish Misal-BJP	Ashwini Nitin Kadam-NCPSP
213 - Hadapsar	Chetan Vitthal Tupe-NCP	Prashant Sudam Jagtap-NCPSP
214 - Pune Cantonment (SC)	Kamble Sunil Dyandev-BJP	Bagwe Ramesh Anandrao-Cong
215 - Kasba Peth	Hemant Narayan Rasane-BJP	Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj-Cong
216 - Akole (ST)	Kiran Yamaji Lahamate-NCP	Amit Ashok Bhangare-NCPSP
217 - Sangmner	Amol Dhondiba Khatal-NCP	Balasaheb Bhausaheb Thorat-Cong
218 - Shirdi	Patil Vikhe Eknathrao-BJP	Prabhavati Janardan Ghogare-Cong
219 - Kopargaon	Ashutosh Ashokrao Kale-NCP	Varpe Sandeep Gorakshanath-NCPSP
220 - Shrirampur (SC)	Kanade Lahu Natha-NCP	Ogale Hemant Bhujangrao-Cong
221 - Nevasa	Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe-Shiv Sena	Gadakh Shankarrao Yashwantrao-Sena UBT
222 - Shevgaon	Monica Rajeev Rajale-BJP	Dhakne Prataprao Babanrao-NCPSP
223 - Rahuri	Kardile Shivaji Bhanudas-BJP	Prajakt Prasadrao Tanpure-NCPSP
224 - Parner	Kashinath Mahadu Date Sir-NCP	Rani Nilesh Lanke-NCPSP
225 - Ahmednagar City	Sangram Arunkaka Jagtap-NCP	Abhishek Balasaheb Kalamkar-NCPSP
226 - Shrigonda	Pachpute Vikram Babanrao-BJP	Anuradha Rajendra Nagawade-Sena UBT
227 - Karjat Jamkhed	Ram Shankar Shinde-BJP	Rohit Pawar-NCPSP
228 - Georai	Vijaysinh Shivajirao Pandit-NCP	Badamrao Lahurao Pandit-Sena UBT
229 - Majalgaon	Prakash Solanke-NCP	Mohan Bajirao Jagtap-NCPSP
230 - Beed	Kshirsagar Yogesh Bharatbhushan-NCP	Sandeep Ravindra Kshirsagar-NCPSP
231 - Ashti	Ajabe Bhausaheb-NCP \| Suresh Ramchandra-BJP	Mahebub Ibrahim Shekh-NCPSP
232 - Kaij (SC)	Namita Akshay Mundada-BJP	Pruthviraj Shivaji Sathe-NCPSP
233 - Parli	Dhananjay Panditrao Munde-NCP	Rajesaheb Shrikishan Deshmukh-NCPSP
234 - Latur Rural	Ramesh Kashiram Karad-BJP	Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh-Cong
235 - Latur City	Arhchana Patil Chakurkar-BJP	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh-Cong
236 - Ahmedpur	Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil (NCP)	Jadhav Patil Vinayakrao Kishnanrao (NCP-SP)
237 - Udgir (SC)	Sanjay Baburao Bansode (NCP)	Sudhakar Sangram Bhalerao (NCP-SP)
238 - Nilanga	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (BJP)	Abhay Satish Salunke (Congress)
239 - Ausa	Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar-BJP	Dinkar Baburao Mane (NCP-SP)
240 - Omerga/Umarga (SC)	Chougule Dnyanraj Dhondiram-Shiv Sena	Pravin Virbhadrayya Swami-Sena UBT
241 - Tuljapur	Ranajagjitsinha Padmasinha Patil-BJP	Kuldeep Dhiraj Patil-Cong
242 - Osmanabad	Ajit Bappasaheb Pingle (Shiv Sena)	Kailas Balasaheb Ghadge Patil -Sena UBT
243 - Paranda	Tanaji Jayawant Sawant (Shiv Sena)	Rahul Maharudra Mote (NCP-SP)
244 - Karmala	Digvijay Digambarrao Bagal (Shiv Sena)	Narayan (ABA) Govindrao Patil (NCP-SP)
245 - Madha	Minaltai Dadasaheb Sathe (NCP)	Abhijeet Dhananjay Patil (NCP-SP)
246 - Barshi	Rajendra Vitthal Raut (Shiv Sena)	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal -Sena UBT
247 - Mohol (SC)	Mane Yashwant Vitthal-NCP	Khare Raju Dnyanu - NCP-SP
248 - Solapur City North	Deshmukh Vijay Sidramappa- BJP	Kothe Mahesh Vishnupant-NCP-SP
249 - Solapur City Central	Devendra Rajesh Kothe-BJP	Chetan Pandit Narote- Cong
250 - Akkalkot	Kalyanshetti Sachin Panchappa-BJP	Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre-Cong
251 - Solapur South	Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra-BJP	Amar Ratikant Patil-Sena UBT
252 - Pandharpur	Autade Samadhan Mahadeo- BJP	Sawant Anil Subhash-NCP-SP, Bhalake Bhagirathdada Bharat-INC
253 - Sangole	Adv. Shahajibapu Rajaram Patil- SS	Dipakaba Bapusaheb Salunkhe -SS-UBT
254 - Malshiras (SC)	Ram Vitthal Satpute-BJP	Uttamrao Shivdas Jankar-NCP-SP
255 - Phaltan (SC)	Sachin Patil-NCP	Chavan Deepak Pralhad-NCP-SP
256 - Wai	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav-NCP	Arunadevi Shashikant Pisal-NCP-SP
257 - Koregaon	Mahesh Sambhajiraje Shinde-SS	Shashikant Jaywant Shinde-NCP-SP
258 - Man	Jaykumar Bhagwanrao Gore-BJP	Prabhakar Devba Gharge-NCP-SP
259 - Karad North	Manoj Bhimrao Ghorpade-BJP	Patil Balasaheb Urf Shamrao Pandurang-NCPSP
260 - Karad South	Atul Suresh Bhosale-BJP	Chavan Prithviraj Dajisaheb-INC
261 - Patan	Desai Shambhuraj Shivajirao-SS	Harshad Mohanrao Kadam-SS(UBT)
262 - Satara	Shivendra Raje Bhosale-BJP	Amit Genuji Kadam- SS(UBT)
263 - Dapoli	Kadam Yogeshdada Ramdas-SS	Kadam Sanjay Vasant- SS(UBT)
264 - Guhagar	Bendal Rajesh Ramchandra- SS	Jadhav Bhaskar Bhaurao- SS(UBT)
265 - Chiplun	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam-NCP	Prashant Baban Yadav-NCP-SP
266 - Ratnagiri	Uday Ravindra Samant-SS	Bal Mane-SS(UBT)
267 - Rajapur	Kiran Alias Bhaiyya Samant- SS	Dipakaba Bapusaheb Salunkhe -SS-UBT
268 - Kankavli	Nitesh Narayan Rane- BJP	Sandesh Bhaskar Parkar - SS(UBT)
269 - Kudal	Nilesh Narayan Ran-SS	Naik Vaibhav Vijay- SS(UBT)
270 - Sawantwadi	Deepak Vasantrao Kesarkar-SS	Rajan Krishna Teli- SS(UBT)
271 - Chandgad	Rajesh Narsingrao Patil-NCP	Kupekar-Babhulkar Nandatai- NCP-SP
272 - Radhanagari	Abitkar Prakash Anandrao-SS	Krishnarao Parshram Alias K P Patil - SS(UBT)
273 - kagal	Mushrif Hasan Miyalal-NCP	Ghatge Samarjeetsinh Vikramsinh- NCP-SP
274 - Kolhapur South	Amal Mahadik-BJP	Ruturaj Sanjay Patil-INC
275 - Karvir	Chandradeep Shashikant Narake-SS	Rahul P. N. Patil (Sadolikar)-INC
276 - Kolhapur North	Rajesh Vinayak Kshirsagar-Shiv Sena	N.A.
277 - Shahuwadi	Bharat Kasam Devalekar Sarkar -MNS	Satyajit Babasaheb Patil - SS(UBT)
278 - Hatkanangle (SC)	Ganesh Vilasrao Waikar-RPIA	Awale Raju (Baba) Jaywantrao-INC
279 - Ichalkaranji	Rahul Prakash Awade-BJP	Madan Sitaram Karande-NCP-SP
280 - Shirol	N.A.	Ganpatrao Appasaheb Patil- INC
281 - Miraj (SC)	Suresh Khade-BJP	Tanaji Ananda Satpute- SS(UBT)
282 - Sangli	Sudhir Dada Gadgil-BJP	Prithviraj Gulabrao Patil-INC
283 - Islampur	Nishikant Prakash Bhosale-Patil-NCP	Jayant Rajaram Patil-NCP-SP
284 - Shirala	Deshmukh Satyajit Shivajirao-BJP	Mansingbhau Fattesingrao Naik-NCP-SP
285 - Palus-Kadegaon	Sangram Sampatrao Deshmukh- BJP	Kadam Vishwajit Patangrao-INC
286 - Khanpur	Babar Suhas Anilbhau-SS	Vaibhavdada Sadashivrao Patil-NCP-SP
287 - Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	Sanjaykaka Patil-NCP	Rohit Suman R.R. Aba Patil-NCP-SP
288 - Jat	Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar-BJP	Vikramsinh Balaso Sawant-INC
128 - Dahanu (ST)	Medha Vinod Suresh-BJP	Vinod Bhiva Nikole-CPIM
129 - Vikramgad(ST)	Bhoye Harishchandra Sakharam-BJP	Bhusara Sunil (Bhau) Chandrakant- NCPSP
130 - Palghar (ST)	Gavit Rajendra Dhedya-SS	Jayendra Kisan Dubla- SS(UBT)
131 - Boisar (ST)	Vilas Sukur Tare-SS	Dr. Vishwas Valvi- SS(UBT)
132 - Nalasopara	Rajan Naik- BJP	Sandeep Amarnath Pandey-INC
133 - Vasai	Sneha Dube Pandit-BJP	Vijay Govind Patil-INC

There are a total of 4,136 canddiate in the fray for the 288 assembly seats with the Beed district seat having highest number of 34 candidates. In the 2019 Assembly elections, a total of 3,237 candidates participated, compared to 4,119 candidates who contested in the 2014 elections.

The voting for the Maharashtra assembly elections will take place on November 20 while the counting of votes will take place on November 23, along with the Jharkhand assembly election results.

The key candidates in the fray are Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, Rohit Pawar, Nawab Malik, Nana Patole, Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Milind Deora, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Zeeshan Siddique, Sreejaya Chavan and Amit Thackeray.

OWAISI AND ABU ASIM AZMI CHEATING MUSLIMS IN MAHARASTRA ASSEMBLY ELECTION FOR THEIR VESTED INTEREST

kaazmi2012@gmail.com (Super User) — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:49:40 +0000

The Samajwadi Party (SP), originally based in Uttar Pradesh, has fielded 09 candidates , and AMIMI from TELANGANA has fielded 16 candidates in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

	AIMIM Candidates for MAHARASTRA	SAMAJWADI Candidates
	Aurangabad East (Sayed Imtiyaz Jaleel) Aurangabad Central (Naseer Siddiqui) Dhule (Faruk Shah Anwar) Malegaon Central (Mufti Ismail Qasmi) Bhiwandi West (Waris Pathan) Byculla (Faiyaz Ahmad Khan) Mumbra Kalwa (Saif Pathan) Versova (Raees Lashkariya) Solapur (Farooq Shabdi) Miraj (Mahesh Kamble) Murtizapur (Samrat Surwade) Nanded South (Sayed Moin) Kurla (Babita Kanade) Karanja Manora (Mohammad Yusuf) Nagpur North(SC 57) (Kirti Deepak Dongre) Mankurd Shivaji Nagar (Atik Ahmed Khan)	Abu Asim Azami – Sitting MLA from Shivaji Nagar, Mumbai and Maharashtra SP Chief Raees Shaikh – Sitting MLA from Bhiwandi East Riyaz Azmi – Bhiwandi West Shan e Hind Nehal Ahmed – Malegaon Central Irshad Jahagirdar - Dhule City Dr Abdul Gaffar Quadri - Aurangabad West Saeed Khan - Byculla, Mumbai Devanand Sahebrao Rochkari - Tuljapur(OSMANABAD) Adv. Revan Vishwanath Bhosale - Paranda Assembly constituency

Maharashtra Elections 2024: After Ajit Pawar, BJP “Downsizes” Eknath Shinde On Election Posters Amid Leadership Speculation

kaazmi2012@gmail.com (Super User) — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 09:00:56 +0000

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seems to have been “downsized” by the Bharatiya Janata Party as its posters for the Assembly elections feature only a passport-sized photo of Shinde, although the party claims they are contesting the election under his leadership.

Previously, some posters had gone viral for Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's photo being missing from them. Now, with such a small image of the sitting chief minister, there is growing speculation about what message the BJP intends to convey.The Congress argues that the BJP is trying to keep Shinde in line. Congress President Nana Patole said that while BJP claims Shinde will stay as chief minister, the real face of the party is Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Patole added that while the party banners include symbols of all three parties, only Modi and Fadnavis are highlighted, with Shinde barely visible.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Rebels Mahesh Gaikwad And Varun Patil To Contest As Independent Candidates In Kalyan Seats

kaazmi2012@gmail.com (Super User) — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:52:42 +0000

Two rebel leaders, Mahesh Gaikwad from Eknath Shinde, who led Shiv Sena in Kalyan East, and Varun Patil from BJP in Kalyan West were both in the election fray as independents.

They were suspended from their respective parties for engaging in anti-party activities during the ongoing assembly elections. It is notable that Mahesh Gaikwad, along with nine functionaries from Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, was also suspended

Mahesh Gaikwad, who was injured in a gunshot by the incumbent MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, who was in jail, is now rebel, contesting election in the Kalyan East assembly. The BJP has fielded candidate Sulbha Gaikwad, the wife of the jailed Ganpat Gaikwad. Uddhav Thackeray-led UBT has fielded Dhanjay Bodare in the constituency. The rebel candidate Mahesh Gaikwad, a leader from Kalyan under Eknath Shinde-led Shivsena, has filed his nomination as an independent.

Gopal Landge, a leader from Eknath Shinde-led Shivsena, issued a statement mentioning that nine functionaries have not followed the party's orders, resulting in anti-party activities. They have been identified as Mahesh Gaikwad, Sushila Mali, Vishal Pawase, Rohit Dumane, Manoj Welmakar, Sharad Pawasw, Shankar Patil, Raju Bhati, Prashant Bote, and Vidya Kumawat.Rebel Varun Patil, from BJP, who is contesting as an independent from Kalyan West, while incumbent MLA Vishwanath Bhoir from Eknath Shinde-led Shivsena is contesting in the same constituency. The BJP has suspended Varun Patil for six years, who is contesting as an independent candidate from the Kalyan West constituency in the November 20 Assembly. UBT fielded Sachin Basare in the same constituency.Narendra alias Nana Suryavanshi, the president of Kalyan BJP, issued a statement mentioning that Varun Patil has been suspended for six years from the party due to anti-party activities and has filed his nomination as an independent from Kalyan West.