Mumbai: Congress turncoat Milind Deora filed nomination as Shiv Sena’s (Eknath Shinde faction) Rajya Sabha candidate from Maharashtra on Thursday. Deora filed his nomination on the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai within the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and different social gathering leaders.
Deora earlier this 12 months switched from Congress severing decades-old household ties with the grand outdated social gathering and joined Shiv Sena. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 2004 and 2009 however misplaced the consecutive common elections in 2014 and 2019.
Deora, the son of late Congress veteran chief Murli Deora, give up the social gathering on January 14, alleging that it had deviated from its ideological and organisational roots. Former CM and Congress defector Ashok Chavan additionally filed his nomination as BJP’s Rajya Candidate from Maharashtra on Thursday.
Ashok Chavan joined the BJP earlier this week, a day after quitting the Congress. Talking after his nomination to the Rajya Sabha Chavan thanked PM Modi for having religion in him ” I thank PM Modi, Union HM Amit Shah, social gathering president JP Nadda, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and different leaders. I really feel that the chance they’ve given me exhibits the religion BJP has in me…”
Former CM Ashok Chavan give up the social gathering and joined BJP earlier this month. With a collection of exits from the grand outdated social gathering, it has been a serious blow to the Congress in Maharashtra. Nevertheless, the Congress has stated that the exit of leaders won’t have any influence on the upcoming Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elections and that the social gathering will come again strongly.
In the meantime, Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP) chief Praful Patel filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls on Thursday. Talking after submitting his nomination, Praful Patel hailed NCP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for his management and expressed confidence within the BJP-led NDA returning to energy.
“On the directions of Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare, Dhananjay Munde, now we have filed the nomination in the present day. There’s a doubt in individuals’s thoughts that my time period isn’t over, but individuals are arguing about why the nomination has been filed in the present day. We’re in politics, some issues occur, you’ll perceive the image within the coming days. We’re working below the management of Ajit Dada,” he stated.
“Underneath the management of PM Modi, as soon as once more NDA authorities will come within the nation, it’s going to cross 400 and Maharashtra may also get 45 seats and Maharashtra could have an enormous contribution within the victory of PM,” Praful Patel stated.
At this time is the final day for submitting nomination papers for the RS polls. The Election Fee has scheduled the Rajya Sabha elections for 15 states, together with Uttar Pradesh, for February 27. Voting will happen from 9 am to four pm on this date, with the deadline for nominations set for February 15. The outcomes of the elections will likely be introduced on the identical day, February 27.
The Election Fee introduced the biennial Rajya Sabha polls for 56 seats, because the tenure of incumbents ends in April.
