Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: NCP (SP) Declares 7 More Candidates in Fourth List, Fields Ex-Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s Son Salil Deshmukh From Katol
The NCP (SP) on Monday declared seven more candidates for next month's Maharashtra assembly elections, replacing former state home minister Anil Deshmukh with his son Salil Deshmukh. With the latest fourth list, the number of candidates declared by the Sharad Pawar-led party so far has reached 83.
Mumbai, October 28: The NCP (SP) on Monday declared seven more candidates for next month's Maharashtra assembly elections, replacing former state home minister Anil Deshmukh with his son Salil Deshmukh. With the latest fourth list, the number of candidates declared by the Sharad Pawar-led party so far has reached 83. Notably, the seven fresh names were declared on the penultimate day of the deadline for filing nominations for the November 20 elections. The NCP (SP) is contesting the elections as an MVA ally along with Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress.
The NCP (SP) replaced sitting MLA Anil Deshmukh with his son Salil from the Katol assembly constituency in Nagpur district. The Deshmukh junior will face off against Charansingh Thakur of BJP. An accused in a money laundering case and at the centre of bribery allegations, the senior Deshmukh had reportedly requested the party leadership to give a ticket to his son. Ramdas Athawale’s RPI to Contest Mumbai’s Kalina Seat in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 As BJP Shares 4 Seats With NDA Allies.
Other nominees include former MLC Prabhakar Gharge, Arunadevi Pisal, Vaibhav Patil, Sharad Maind, former stated PWD official Sandeep Bedse, and Ramesh Thorat from Daund seat. Gharge will challenge Jaykumar Gore, the sitting BJP MLA from Man in Satara district. Gore is a confidante of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Pisal will take on Ajit Pawar-led NCP nominee and sitting MLA Makrand Patil in the Wai constituency in Satara district. Amit Thackeray vs Sada Sarvankar in Mahim, Asif Zakaria vs Ashish Shelar in Vandre West: Key Battles To Watch Out for in Mumbai During Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024.
Vaibhav Patil, son of former MLA Sadashivrao Patil, is the NCP (SP) pick from Khanapur constituency in Sangli. Vaibhav, who inherits a political legacy, will challenge Suhas Babar, the son of late Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar. A well-known figure in the cooperation sector, Sharad Maind is an NCP (SP) nominee from the Pusad seat in Yavatmal district. He is pitted against the incumbent NCP MLA Indranil Naik.
Interestingly, despite changing political allegiance over the last decades, the Naik family has managed to win the Pusad assembly constituency. Former PWD official Bedse will try his luck from the Sindkheda segment in Dhule district against BJP MLA and former minister Jaykumar Rawal.
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