Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Sunday launched its second record of 20 candidates for the upcoming meeting elections, by fielding celebration’s Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora from excessive profile Worli constituency in opposition to the Shiv Sena UBT’s sitting MLA Aaditya Thackeray.
With this, the entire variety of candidates introduced by Shinde Sena reaches 65. One sitting Sena RS MP and two sitting MLCs — Amshya Padvi and Bhavana Gawali — got tickets by the celebration. The second record options no less than seven former BJP leaders and functionaries who joined Shinde Sena simply forward of the polls. Up to now the entire seats that the Shiv Sena is contesting in Mumbai stands at 11.
With the nomination of Deora from Worli, the constituency will witness a fierce triangular battle between the three Senas with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) fielding Sandeep Deshpande from the seat. The celebration has additionally nominated former MP Sanjay Nirupam from Dindoshi who’s pitted in opposition to Sena UBT’s sitting MLA and Uddhav loyalist Sunil Prabhu.
The celebration has additionally given candidature to former Sena MP and present MLC Bhavana Gavali from Risod. After Gawali was denied ticket within the just lately held Lok Sabha elections, she was elected as an MLC in July this yr.
The record additionally contains the Sena MLC Amshya Padvi from Akkalkuwa in Nandurbar, former corporators Suvarna Karanje from Vikrholi in opposition to Sena UBT sitting MLA Sunil Raut — brother of Sanjay Raut, and former MLA Tukaram Kate from Chembur in opposition to sitting MLA Prakash Fatarpekar.
The record additionally contains Narayan Rane’s son Nilesh Rane from Kudal in opposition to Sena UBT sitting MLA Vaibhav Naik, Murji Patel from Andheri East in opposition to Sena UBT sitting MLA Rutuja Latke, Santosh Shetty from Bhiwandi East, Baliram Sirskar from Balapur, Rajendra Gavit from Palghar, Anand Bharose from Parbhani and Vilas Tare from Boisar.
Seven candidates — Rane, Tare, Patel, Shetty, Sirskar, Bharose and Gavit have been earlier with the BJP and had joined Shinde led Sena just lately.
The celebration has additionally renominated three out of the 4 sitting MLAs Vishwanath Bhoir (Kalyan West), Shantaram Extra (Bhiwandi Rural) and Balaji Kenikar (Ambernath) who weren’t within the first record of the Sena.
The celebration has, nevertheless, dropped sitting MLA Shrinivas Vanaga from Palghar seat and has nominated Rajendra Gavit. Final week, the Shiv Sena had introduced the celebration’s first record of 45 candidates with 37 of the 41 MLAs, who had sided with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in his 2022 insurrection.
The primary record included the Shinde’s nomination from his stronghold of Kopri-Panchpakhadi Meeting seat in Thane, which is prone to witness a fierce Sena versus Sena contest.
