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.
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.
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.