Mumbai: Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has released the second list of candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. The list released late Sunday night contains the names of 20 candidates. In this list, MP Milind Deora has been given a ticket from the Worli assembly seat. Aditya Thackeray of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction is contesting from the Worli seat from the Maha Vikas Aghadi. Sanjay Nirupam has been given a ticket from Dindoshi.
“Second list of official candidates of Shiv Sena Party for Maharashtra Assembly Election – 2024 is being announced with the blessings of Hindu Heart Emperor Venerable Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray and Venerable Dharmaveer Anand Dighe Saheb. Good luck to all the candidates.”, wrote Eknath Shinde on X as he shared the list.
Apart from these two, former BJP leader Murji Patel has been fielded from Andheri East seat. This seat was already in the news because Shinde had earlier planned to field the wife of former encounter specialist and Antilia case accused Pradeep Sharma from here. However, BJP strongly objected to this, after which the plan had to be changed.
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Shiv Sena Shinde faction released the first list of candidates on October 22. In the first list, 45 candidates including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde were included. Eknath Shinde will contest from Kopdi Pachpakhadi. Also, the first list includes the names of all those MLAs who left the Uddhav Thackeray faction and joined Shinde during the rebellion. Also, ministers from the Shinde faction were given a place in the government. In this way, the party has announced 65 candidates so far.
Milind Deora was recently nominated by Shiv Sena as a Rajya Sabha MP. He will now contest against Aditya Thackeray on the Worli seat. Worli, which is an area of Marathi middle class, fishermen community and the rich class, is believed to be the place where Milind Deora can make some impression. Before the announcement of his name, Deora had said on the social media platform ‘X’ that his focus is on completing the pending justice for the Worlikars.
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