Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024
The nomination date for the Maharashtra Assembly elections has ended. A total of 7,995 candidates have filed nominations for 288 seats in the state. The BJP-led NDA i.e. Grand Alliance includes Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP(S) are part of the Congress-led India Alliance (Maha Vikas Aghadi). Despite this, due to the entry of rebel leaders in many seats, two candidates from the NDA and the Indian alliance are in the fight, due to which political tension between both alliances has increased.
This time in Maharashtra all parties are facing rebellion from their leaders. If some leaders of the parties included in the NDA and India alliance did not get nominations, then the independents have entered the electoral fray. Due to this, the situation has become such that Shinde’s Shiv Sena rebel is in the field against the BJP and the BJP rebel is in the field against the NCP. If the rebel candidates contesting as independents do not withdraw their names until November 4 and remain in the elections till the end, it will be a headache not only for the official candidates but also for the alliance.
Gopal Shetty is a big name among the rebels.
Among the rebels who have filed their BJP candidacy, an important name is Gopal Shetty. Gopal is a two-time MP and MP from Mumbai. He has filed his nomination as an independent candidate against the party’s official candidate Sanjay Upadhyay in Mumbai’s Borivali assembly constituency. Thus, even if BJP’s Bala Bhegde did not get the nomination, the independents have entered the fray.
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BJP rebels against Shinde’s Shiv Sena
Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has a Pachora seat in the NDA seat-sharing. Shinde’s Shiv Sena has fielded Kishore Patil from the Pachora seat, but BJP’s Amol Shinde has rebelled against the party and contested as an independent candidate. BJP spokesperson Shaina NC is contesting from Mumbadevi on the Shiv Sena ticket, but BJP leader Atul Shah has taken a rebel stance and entered the fray as an independent. Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Gaikwad is the sanctioned candidate from the Buldhana seat, but BJP leader Vijayraj Shinde has fielded him as an independent candidate here. Shiv Sena’s Raimulkar is the sanctioned candidate from Mehkar seat, from where BJP leader Prakash Gavai has filed an independent nomination.
those who rebelled and took to the field
BJP deputy mayor Hasmukh Gehlot has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik from Ovala Majiwada. BJP leader Sunil Shinde has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Vilas Bhumras in Paithan seat. BJP leader Bhaskar Danve rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Arjun Khotkar in Jalnaya seat. BJP’s Sunil Mirakar has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Abdul Sattar from Sillod seat and is contesting the elections. BJP’s Vishal Parba has contested against Shiv Sena’s Deepak Kesarkar in the Sawantwadi seat. BJP’s Satish Ghatge is contesting against party adventurer Shinde in the Ghansawangi seat. BJP’s Kiran Thackeray has contested as an independent against Shinde’s Mahendra Thor from the Karjat seat.
BJP rebels against NCP Ajit Pawar
Not only the leaders of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena but also Ajit Pawar’s NCP have to take on the rebel BJP leaders. BJP leaders have come out against Ajit Pawar’s candidate in around 10 seats in the state. Aherit seat has officially come under NCP quota. NCP’s Dharamrao Atram is contesting from this seat, against whom BJP’s Ambrish Atram has contested. BJP’s Shirish Choudhary has opposed NCP’s Anil Patil for the Amalner seat. Similarly, NCP’s Sulabha Khodke is the official candidate for the Amravati seat, against whom BJP’s Jagdish Gupta has contested as an independent candidate.
BJP’s Milind Ambal has contested against NCP’s Raju Navghare for the Vasmat seat. NCP’s Rajesh Vitekar is contesting from Pathrit, against whom BJP’s Ranganath Solanke is contesting, BJP’s Asha Buchke is contesting against NCP’s Atul Bank from Junnar seat. BJP’s Bala Bhegde has fielded an independent against NCP’s Sunil Shelke in the Maval seat. BJP’s Dilip Gaikwad defeated NCP’s Sanjay Bonsode from Udgir seat. Ramesh Thorat has defeated Nitin Pawar on the Kalwan seat.
Shinde-Pawar leaders rebel against BJP
BJP leaders have raised the flag of rebellion in Eknath Shinde quota seats, while in some seats Shiv Sena leaders have also raised their voice against the BJP. One of those seats is Airoli, which has gone to the BJP’s account. Ganesh Naik is contesting from the BJP, but Shiv Sena’s Vijay Chowgule from the Eknath Shinde faction has contested as an independent. In Belapur, Shiv Sena leader Vijay Nahat filed a nomination against BJP’s Manda Mhatre. Shinde’s Shiv Sena’s Mahesh Gaikwad defeated BJP’s Sulabha Gaikwad in the Kalyan East seat. BJP’s Harishchandra Bhoy is contesting from the Vikramgarh seat, but Shiv Sena’s Prakash Nikam has also filed a nomination from here. Shinde’s Manish Kalje has raised tension by contesting against BJP’s Devendra Kothe for the Solapur city seat.
Position of the PCN rebel leaders
NCP’s Rajesh Whittaker is contesting the Patriot seat, against which Shiv Sena’s Saeed Khan has contested. Shinde Akshay Jadhav’s party has raised the flag of rebellion against NCP’s Dilip Mohit in Alandi seat. Former MP Sharad Sonavan has contested from the NCP’s Atul Bank for the Junnar seat. Similarly, Suhas Kande’s wife has contested the elections against Chhagan Bhujbal. Purushottam Jadhav is contesting against YK Makarand Patil. Shiv Sena’s Avinash Rane has contested against Sana Malik from Anushaktinagar seat. Shinde’s Rajshree Ahir Rao was trying her luck against NCP’s Saroj Ahir in the Devlali seat. Dhanraj Mahal is contesting against NCP’s Narhari Jirwal in Dindori and Shiv Sena’s Anil Jagtap is contesting against Yogesh Kshirsagar in Beed.
How rebels are increasing political tension in MVA
Congress’s Kamal Soudhe is contesting against Congress’s Ravindra Dhangekar for the Kasbayat seat. Uddhav Thackeray’s Harshal Mane has taken on Satish Patal, who is contesting from Sharad Pawar’s NCP, in the Parola seat. Nanabhau Mahajan of the Uddhav faction is contesting against Satish Patal of the NCP(S) for the parole seat. In Beed, Jyoti Mete of the Pawar group competed against Sandeep Kshirsagar of the Sharad Pawar group. Madhu Chavan of the Congress has raised the flag of rebellion against Manoj Jamsutkar of the Thackeray Group in Byculla. Avinash Lad of Congress has hoisted the flag of rebellion against Rajan Salvi of Uddhav group at Rajapur headquarters. Congress’s Suresh Nagre is contesting against Sharad Pawar’s Vijay Bhamble for the Jintur seat.
Rebel leaders of Uddhav group and Thackeray group
In Rajapur, Uddhav group’s Uday has contested against Uddhav group’s Rajan Salvi as an independent. In Gondia, Rahul Jagtap of the Sharad Pawar group is contesting against Anuradha Nagwade of the Thackeray group. After Deepak Salunkhe of Uddhav’s Shiv Sena was given the ticket in Sangola, Sharad Pawar’s NCP leader Babasaheb Deshmukh rebelled in Maviya. In South Solapur, the Shiv Sena Thackeray faction has given entry to Amar Patil. Here Dilip Mane of Congress has rebelled. Congress gave ticket to Bhagirath Bhalke in Pandharpur, after which Anil Sawant’s name was announced in the list of Sharad Pawar faction in Pandharpur itself. The Thackeray faction gave a ticket to Ranjit Patil from the Parandh seat, after which Rahul Mote was defeated by the Sharad Pawar faction. In Kurla, the Thackeray group has fielded Praveena Morajkar, but Milind Kamble has also been declared a candidate by the Sharad Pawar group.
