Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its first list of 99 candidates for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is set to contest from his established stronghold of Nagpur South West.
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule will be contesting from Kamthi, while Shrijaya Chavan, daughter of BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan, has been selected to run from Bhokar.
The list also features notable candidates such as Mumbai BJP president Ashish Selar, who will be standing for the Vandre West seat, and Nitesh Rane, son of senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP Narayan Rane, who will contest Kankavli, a seat he currently represents in the assembly.
Other big names include Girish Mahajan from Jamner, Sudhir Mungantiwar from Ballarpur, Mangal Prabhat Lodha from Malabar Hill, Rahul Narwekar from Colaba, and Chhatrapati Shivendra Raje Bhosale, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, from Satara.
Earlier on Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, revealing a total of 66 candidates.
Notably, former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren is fielded from his Saraikela bastion while Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, will contest from Father-in-law and JMM chief Shibu Soren’s former constituency Jamtara. The party’s state chief Babulal Marandi will contest from Dhanwar, while JMM turncoat Lobin Hembrom will contest from Borio.
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