MUMBAI: BJP made its choice for the previous guard clear on Sunday because it named 71 sitting MLAs in its first record of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra meeting polls. Some discovered themselves on the record regardless of their losses on this yr’s LS polls. In all, 13 girls, together with 4 debutants, got tickets.
BJP is a part of Mahayuti bloc, which is but to announce its seat-sharing pact.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was nominated for the sixth time. Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan’s daughter Srijaya was nominated from the household’s conventional seat Bhokar in Nanded district.
‘BJP will not be assured of going into Maharashtra ballot with new faces’
Political observers stated the choice to repeat sitting MLAs, not like in Haryana the place the occasion changed many sitting MLAs, clearly indicated that BJP was not assured of going into elections with new faces. “It additionally signifies that RSS and its numerous organisations are actively concerned within the decision-making course of,” stated an observer requesting anonymity.
State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, who belongs to the Teli neighborhood, has been given a ticket from dwelling constituency Kamthi in Vidarbha. In 2019, he was denied a ticket to contest the ballot, leading to large resentment inside the neighborhood. Within the latest polls, the defeat of Ramdas Tadas from Wardha had additionally upset the neighborhood, stated sources.
Chandrakant Patil, who was nominated from Kothrud in 2019, inflicting large resentment amongst BJP employees in Pune, was renominated from the identical seat.
Cupboard minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who contested the LS polls and misplaced, has been picked for Ballarpur constituency in Chandrapur district, the place he’s the sitting MLA. Equally, Mihir Kotecha, who misplaced from Mumbai North-East within the LS polls, has been given the ticket from Mulund, the place he’s the sitting MLA.
Ganpat Gaikwad, MLA from Kalyan East, who’s in jail for firing at Shiv Sena functionary Mahesh Gaikwad, was changed by his spouse Sulabha Gaikwad, whereas Babanrao Pachpute was changed by his spouse Pratibha Pachpute for the Srigonda meeting seat.
The renomination of Patil, in addition to Madhuri Misal from Parvati in Pune, got here as an enormous shock. Former corporator from Pune Srinath Bimale was eager to contest from Parvati, whereas former corporator Ujwal Keskar was making an attempt exhausting for Kothrud.
In Mumbai the place it has 16 MLAs, the occasion introduced 14 candidates, together with ex-corporator Vinod Shelar, brother of BJP Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar, who will contest from Malad West rather than Ramesh Singh Thakur, who misplaced to Congress’s Aslam Shaikh in 2019. BJP has not introduced candidates for Borivli, Versova and Ghatkopar East it received in 2019. “It means there are questions being raised concerning the sitting MLAs Sunil Rane, Bharati Lavekar and Parag Shah. In reality, throughout Navratri, there have been solely former MLA Prakash Mehta’s banners all throughout Ghatkopar East,” stated a celebration supply.
Ashish Shelar stated his brother has been a corporator and employee for the occasion for the final 30 years and is initially from RSS. In Navi Mumbai, the occasion retained Manda Mhatre from Belapur, refusing to concede to senior politician Ganesh Naik’s demand to appoint his son, Sanjeev, from the seat. Ganesh was nominated from Airoli meeting seat.
