As nominations closed for the Maharashtra Meeting elections on Tuesday, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Opposition alliance discovered itself in pleasant fights in at the least seven Meeting constituencies whereas the Mahayuti is dealing with an analogous state of affairs in at the least 5 seats. Each alliances claimed the issue could be “rectified” within the coming days. The final date for withdrawing nominations is November 4.
Of the 288 Meeting seats, the Mahayuti constituents have divided 284 seats amongst themselves and left 4 for smaller allies. The BJP will contest the lion’s share of those seats at 152, adopted by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena that may contest 80 seats, and the Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has bought solely 52 seats.
Within the MVA, the Congress has emerged as the largest social gathering with 101 seats in its share, adopted by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) with 96 seats and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) with 87 seats. The MVA has left two seats every for the Samajwadi Celebration (SP) and the CPI(M).
Maha Vikas Aghadi
The Opposition alliance, nevertheless, has a number of candidates from its constituent events in Miraj (Sangli district), Solapur South, Pandharpur, and Sangola (Solapur district), Paranda (Dharashiv district), Digras (Yavatmal district), and Dharavi (Mumbai), with Congress and Sena (UBT) candidates submitting nominations in 4 of those constituencies. Aside from Dharavi, Mahayuti events at present maintain all of the seats.
In Miraj, the Congress has given a ticket to Mohan Vankhande whereas the Sena (UBT) has fielded Tanaji Satpute. At current the seat is held by state minister Suresh Khade of the BJP.
In Solapur South, which too is held by the BJP, the Sena (UBT) and the Congress have declared the names of Amar Patil and Dilip Mane, respectively. The Congress and the NCP (SP) are at odds over Pandharpur, with the Congress fielding Bhagirath Bhalke and the Sena (UBT) going with Anil Sawant. Although the NCP’s Bharat Bhalke received the seat in 2019, the BJP wrested management of the seat in 2021 in a bypoll necessitated by Bhalke’s loss of life the yr earlier than. In Sangola, Thackeray’s social gathering has fielded Dilip Salunkhe whereas MVA ally Peasants and Employees Celebration (PWP) has named Dr Babasaheb Deshmukh as its candidate. The seat is at present held by Shahajibapu Patil of the Shiv Sena who sided with Eknath Shinde through the 2022 rise up.
Within the constituency of Paranda, Thackeray has fielded former MLA Dyaneshwar Patil’s son Ranjit whereas the NCP (SP) has introduced the title of former MLA Rahul Mote. The constituency is at present held by minister Tanaji Sawant of the Shiv Sena. The Sena (UBT) and Congress have additionally locked horns over Digras, with the previous naming its chief Pawan Jaiswal and the latter going with former state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre. Minister Sanjay Rathod of the Shiv Sena holds the seat.
In Dharavi, the battle is between the Congress that has fielded its metropolis chief and Lok Sabha MP Varsha Gaikwad’s sister Jyoti. On Tuesday, former MLA Baburao Mane filed the nomination from Sena (UBT). Varsha Gaikwad has been profitable the constituency since 2004.
All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala instructed The Indian Categorical there could be no pleasant fights. “If there are seats the place our allies have filed nominations, these can be resolved in coming days,” he mentioned.
Final week, seat-sharing discussions hit a roadblock over variations between the Sena (UBT) and the Congress. After each events lastly reached out to Pawar to intercede, the Opposition coalition reached an preliminary understanding on 255 seats, sharing them equally.
Mahayuti
The ruling alliance has a number of candidates of its events within the fray within the constituencies of Mankhurd-Shivajinagar (Mumbai), Purandar (Pune), Morshi (Amaravati), Dindori ST-reserved constituency (Nashik district), and Ashti (Beed district).
In Mankhurd-Shivajinagar, the NCP has fielded former minister Nawab Malik whereas Shinde has given the ticket to Suresh Patil. Up to now three elections, SP state president Abu Azmi received this seat. Sena and NCP candidates are additionally dealing with off in the mean time in Purandar, with Vijay Shivtare getting the previous’s ticket and Ajit Pawar fielding Sambhaji Zende.
In Morshi, the BJP has fielded Umesh Yawalkar whereas the NCP has given its ticket to sitting MLA Devendra Bhuyar. In Dindori, whereas the NCP has given the ticket to Deputy Speaker and incumbent legislator Narhari Zirwal, the Sena has fielded former MLA Dhanraj Mahale. The battle in Ashti too is between present MLA Balasaheb Ajabe who has bought the NCP ticket and former legislator Suresh Dhas whom the BJP has fielded.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis mentioned the variations over these constituencies could be “rectified within the coming days”.
