Maharashtra Polls: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) introduced its second listing of 22 candidates for the Maharashtra meeting elections on Saturday. This listing contains six sitting MLAs, whereas two incumbents have been excluded. As a part of the ruling Mahayuti coalition, which additionally contains the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP), the BJP has now declared candidates for a complete of 121 constituencies.
In its second candidate listing for the Maharashtra meeting elections, the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) changed sitting MLAs from Washim and Gadchiroli, whereas retaining these from Akot, Nashik Central, Pen, Khadakwasala, Pune Cantonment, and Ulhasnagar. The listing additionally contains two legislative council members: Gopichand Padalkar, who will contest from Jat, and Ramesh Karad, who is ready to problem Congress’ Dhiraj Deshmukh in Latur Rural.
BJP releases the second listing of 22 candidates for the #MaharashtraElection2024.
Elections in Maharashtra can be held on November 20, whereas the counting of votes will happen on November 23. pic.twitter.com/Vk9LgHaSom
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The second candidate listing options seven sitting MLAs: Prakash Bharsakale from Akot, Devayani Pharande from Nashik Central, Kumar Ayalani from Ulhasnagar, Ravindra Patil from Pen, Bhimrao Tapkir from Khadakwasla, Sunil Kamble from Pune Cantonment, and Samadhan Autade from Pandharpur.
Among the many three Mahayuti alliance companions, each the BJP and Ajit Pawar’s NCP have launched two lists of candidates, whereas Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has issued one listing so far.
The state’s 288-member meeting will go to the polls on November 20 with the counting and outcomes scheduled on November 23.
