Comments
The central election committee of the BJP issued the first list of 125 candidates today afternoon for the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections and the Parliamentary by-elections.
It was widely anticipated that the BJP and Shiv Sena would jointly announce the list in Mumbai.
But BJP has gone ahead with its first list.
The Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats, out of which the BJP is currently holding 122 seats and Shiv Sena has 63.
Among big guns who have been named in the list is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, who would be fighting from Nagpur South West. Fadnavis has won the 2009 and 2015 State Assembly elections from the same constituency.
The party has also given the ticket to BJP State President, Chandrakant Patil from Kothrud near Pune city. Patil is the chief troubleshooter for the party in Maharashtra and a strong contender for the top position if ever Fadnavis is elevated to a higher position.
Former Mumbai BJP city president, Ashish Shelar would be contesting from Bandra West.
For the Satara parliamentary bye-election the party has nominated Udayanraje Bhosle, who resigned from the same seat after quitting Nationalist Congress Party and joined the BJP.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.