Maharashtra Assembly election 2024: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction on Sunday released another list of 20 candidates and fielded Milind Deora from Mumbai’s Worli constituency to take on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election.
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 faction’s decision to pit Milind Deora against incumbent MLA and former state minister Aaditya Thackeray has turned the Worli election into a high-voltage contest. Thackeray won the Assembly election from Worli during the 2019 Assembly election.
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Shinde Sena candidate list
Another big name on the list is Sanjay Nirupam who bagged a ticket for the Dindoshi seat. The party has 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.
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)
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