There are assembly elections in Maharashtra and a lot of party switching was seen during the election season. Opponents are opponents, call it the desire to secure a ticket in the election season or the effect of the ‘Tumhara Candidate Hamara Symbol’ policy, the leader abandoned his old party and went with the alliance partner and also got the ticket . There are many names in the list of candidates of political parties who joined the party at the last moment. In the case of the last-minute candidates, Ajit Pawar, led by the Nationalist Congress Party (AP), and Eknath Shinde, led by the Shiv Sena (Shinde), there turned out to be twenty.
Talking about Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the party has given a ticket to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shaina NC from the Mumba Devi seat. Shaina NC was in the BJP for 20 years. Shaina NC had joined Shiv Sena just hours before the ticket was announced. Like Shaina, Shinde’s group has entered another last-minute entry. The party also named Sanjana Jadhav, daughter of senior BJP leader and former Union minister Raosaheb Danve, as its candidate from the Kannada seat.
Sanjana Jadhav had joined Shiv Sena (Shinde) a day before her candidature was announced. If we talk about the candidates of Eknath Shinde’s party, apart from these two leaders, there are 10 such candidates who have been in the BJP or are from the family of BJP leaders and have joined Shiv Sena (Shinde) during the season electoral. The names of former MP Nilesh Rane, son of former Union minister Narayan Rane, former MP Rajendra Gavit, Vilas Tare, Santosh Shetty, Murji Patel, Amol Khatal, Digvijay Bagal and Baliram Sirskar are also in this list.
Eknath Shinde’s party has fielded Nilesh Rane from Kudal Malvan, Rajendra Gavit from Palghar, Vilas Tare from Boisar, Santosh Shetty from Bhiwandi East, Murji Patel from Andheri East, Amol Khatal from Sangamner, Digvijay Bagal from Karmala and Baliram Shiraskar from the seat of Balapur assembly. Ticket delivered. NCP-led Ajit Pawar was also not far behind on the issue of last-minute candidates. Eknath Shinde’s party has named Milind Deora, who came from the Congress a few months ago, its candidate against Aditya Thackeray from the Worli seat.
Ignoring the BJP’s advice, Shiv Sena (Shinde) fielded its sitting MLA Sada Sarvankar against Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray from Mahim seat. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in the Shinde government has announced that the BJP will support Amit Thackeray in Mahim. This is Shinde’s party talk. Ajit Pawar’s party, another component of the grand alliance led by the BJP, is also not far behind in handing out tickets to leaders whose entry into the NCP (AP) took place just a few hours or a few days before the candidacy announcement. .
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From Ajit Pawar’s party, names in this category range from Hiraman Khoskar and Sulabha Khodke to Zeeshan Siddiqui and Sana Malik. The NCP (AP) has fielded Hiraman Khoskar from Igatpuri seat. Hiraman Khoskar was a Congress member and was in the news about cross-voting in the Legislative Council elections. It is also said that after his hopes of getting a Congress ticket were nil, he also contacted Sharad Pawar’s party, but things did not work out. Finally Khoskar joined Ajit Pawar’s party and also got the ticket. Khoskar had joined the NCP on October 15 itself.
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Sulabha Khodke was also a member of the Congress. Sulabha was suspended by the Congress on charges of cross-voting in the Legislative Council elections. NCP (AP) has also given ticket to Sulabha from Amravati city headquarters. Sulabha’s husband Sanjay Khodke is considered close to Ajit Pawar. Sulabha was also recently expelled from the party by the Congress. Zeeshan Siddiqui’s name also appears in this episode. Zeeshan Siddiqui is the son of Baba Siddiqui. Zeeshan, who contested the elections as an NCP (AP) candidate, is also a Congress member.
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Zeeshan’s father Baba Siddiqui was also among the powerful Congress leaders. Baba Siddiqui left the Congress and joined Ajit Pawar’s party a few months ago. However, Zeeshan remained in the Congress. Now in the election season it has also come with Ajit’s watch. The NCP (AP) has fielded Sana Malik as its candidate from the Anushaktinagar assembly seat. Despite opposition from the BJP, Ajit Pawar’s party also expelled Nawab Malik from the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat at the last minute.
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Ajit Pawar’s party has also chosen BJP’s Rajkumar Badole, Pratap Patil Chikhlikar, Nishikant Patil and Sanjay Kaka Patil as candidates in the assembly elections. It may be noted that voting for all 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly will be held on November 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
