Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Prakash Ambedkar Releases First List of 37 Candidates, Keeps Solapur Seats and Akola Empty
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar’s party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’s (VBA) released their first list of 37 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Mumbai, March 15: Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar’s party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’s (VBA) on Friday released their first list of 37 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list of candidates has been released by the party after the alliance between the VBA and Congress failed in Maharashtra.
With speculations rising that Ambedkar would contest either from Solapur or Akola constituency, the released list has no mention in it. In fact, the seats are left vacant, and is expected that the party would contest its safest candidates from the seat as it considered as a bastion of the party – claiming to represent Dalit community in Maharashtra. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Prakash Ambedkar Jolts Congress, Set to Contest From Solapur.
Earlier, in the list – released by the Congress – former chief minister of Maharashtra Sushil Kumar Shinde has been given the ticket for Solapur. It is the same seat where Ambedkar and Congress had been discussing on for weeks. Though it was won by BJP’s Sharad Bansode in 2014, Congress is planning to make a comeback from the seat.
Here’s the full list of candidates:
| Phase 1 Lok Sabha Elections (Date: April 11, 2019) | ||
| Sl no | PC | Candidate Name |
| 1 | Wardha | Dhanraj Vanjari |
| 2 | Ramtek | Kiran Rodge |
| 3 | Nagpur | |
| 4 | Bhandara Gondiya | NK Nahne |
| 5 | Gadchiroli Chimur | Dr Rakesh Gajbe |
| 6 | Chandrapur | Rajendra Mahadole |
| 7 | Yavatmal-Washim | Prof. Pravin Pawar |
| Phase 2 Lok Sabha Elections (Date: April 18, 2019) | ||
| Sl no | PC | Candidate Name |
| 8 | Buldhana | Baliram Siraskar |
| 9 | Akola | |
| 10 | Amravati | Gunwat Deopare |
| 11 | Hingoli | Mohan Rathore |
| 12 | Nanded | Prof. Yashpal Bhige |
| 13 | Parbhani | Alamgir Khan Akhil Mohd Khan |
| 14 | Beed | Prof. Vidhnu Jadhav |
| 15 | Osmanabad | Arjun Salgar |
| 16 | Latur | Ram Garkar |
| 17 | Solapur | |
| Phase 3 Lok Sabha Elections (Date: April 23, 2019) | ||
| Sl no | PC | Candidate Name |
| 18 | Jalgaon | Anjali Ratnakar Baviskar |
| 19 | Raver | Nitin Kandelkar |
| 20 | Jalna | Dr Saradchandra Wankhede |
| 21 | Aurangabad | |
| 22 | Raigad | Suman Koli |
| 23 | Pune | Anil Jadhav |
| 24 | Baramati | Navnath Padalkar |
| 25 | Ahmednagar | |
| 26 | Madha | Vijay More |
| 27 | Sangli | Jaisingh Shedge |
| 28 | Satara | Sahdeo Awle |
| 29 | Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg | Maruti Ramchandra Joshi |
| 30 | Kolhapur | Dr Aruna Mali |
| 31 | Hatkanangle | Aslam Badshahji Sayyad |
| Phase 4 Lok Sabha Elections (Date: April 29, 2019) | ||
| Sl no | PC | Candidate Name |
| 32 | Nandurbar | Dajmal Gajmal More |
| 33 | Dhule | |
| 34 | Dindori | Bapu Kelu Badde |
| 35 | Nashik | Pawan Pawar |
| 46 | Palghar | Suresh Arjun Padwi |
| 47 | Bhiwandi | Dr. AD Sawant |
| 48 | Kalyan | |
| 49 | Thane | Mallikarjun Pujari |
| 40 | Mumbai North | |
| 41 | Mumbai North-West | Sambhaji Shivaji Kashid |
| 42 | Mumbai North-East | |
| 43 | Mumbai North-Central | |
| 44 | Mumbai South–Central | Dr Sanjay Bhonsale |
| 45 | Mumbai South | Dr Anil Kumar |
| 46 | Maval | Rajaram Patil |
| 47 | Shirur | |
| 48 | Shirdi | Dr Arun Sable |
Considering the strength of the party and Dalit uprising in the state, VBA has fielded Anil Jadhav from Pune, Dajmal Gajmal More from Nandurbar, Suman Koli from Raigad, Maruti Ramchandra Joshi from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Arjun Salgar from Osmanabad and Dr Saradchandra Wankhede from Baramati.
The Lok Sabha Elections in Maharashtra will take place in first four phases – April 11, 18, 23 and 29. The results would be announced on May 23.
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