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The Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde released another list of 20 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024.
Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora and Shiv Sena-UBT’s Aaditya Thackeray will go head-to-head for the coveted Worli seat. (IMAGE: PTI)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena on Sunday released another list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra polls. The list contained names of 20 candidates and the constituencies they will be contesting from and contained names of contesting candidates from key constituencies like Worli, Dindoshi and Kudal among others.
जय महाराष्ट्र हिंदुहृदयसम्राट वंदनीय शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे आणि वंदनीय धर्मवीर आनंद दिघे साहेबांच्या आशीर्वादाने, शिवसेनेचे मुख्य नेते आणि मुख्यमंत्री मा. ना. श्री. एकनाथजी शिंदे यांच्या आदेशानुसार महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा निवडणूक – २०२४ साठी शिवसेना पक्षाच्या अधिकृत… pic.twitter.com/1tEjTEb97w
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Shinde’s Sena fielded Milind Deora, the former Congressman, against Aaditya Thackeray, former Maharashtra minister and key leader of the Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray faction.
Deora, a former Congress leader and Union minister of state, joined the Sena before the Lok Sabha polls this year and was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Shinde’s decision to pit Deora against incumbent MLA and former state minister Aaditya Thackeray will make Worli a high-voltage contest.
“I agree with Shiv Sena’s decision to field me as Mahayuti candidate from Worli, Mumbai. I will try my best to understand the aspirations of every Worlikar and convey their voice to @mieknathshinde Ji,” Deora said, in a social media post, thanking the party supremo for selecting him.
It also fielded BJP Lok Sabha member Narayan Rane’s son Nilesh Rane from the Kudal constituency. His younger brother and sitting MLA Nitesh Rane has been renominated by the BJP from Kankavali in Sindhudurg district.
The party has picked Member of Legislative Council and former MP Bhawana Gawali from Risod in Washim district, while another MLC, Amshya Padvi, will contest on a Sena ticket from the Akkalkuva constituency in Dhule district.
Former Lok Sabha member Sanjay Nirupam will contest from Dindoshi seat in Mumbai. Sena has also nominated former BJP leader Murji Patel for the Andheri East seat in the state capital.
BJP ex-MP Rajendra Gavit, who joined the Sena in 2019 and won the Palghar Lok Sabha seat then, has been fielded from the Palghar assembly constituency.
Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly will be held on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.
(with inputs from PTI)
