The Congress on Saturday launched its third listing of 16 candidates for Maharashtra Meeting elections fielding Sachin Sawant and Manikrao Thakare. Earlier within the day, the Congress celebration revealed its second listing of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra meeting elections scheduled for November 20. The bulletins comply with a gathering of the celebration’s Central Election Committee, which deliberated on the candidates for the polls. The celebration has now declared a complete of 87 candidates in complete.
The Central Election Committee of the celebration introduced the following candidates and their respective constituencies:
- Rana Dalipkumar Sanada – Khamgaon (Constituency No. 26)
- Dr. Hemant Nanda Chimote – Melghat – ST (Constituency No. 41)
- Manohar Tulshiram Poreti – Gadchiroli – ST (Constituency No. 68)
- Manikrao Thakare – Digras (Constituency No. 79)
- Mohanrao Marotrao Ambade – Nanded South (Constituency No. 87)
- Nivruttirao Kondiba Kamble – Deglur – SC (Constituency No. 90)
- Hanmantrao Venjaktrao Patil Betmogarekar – Mukhed (Constituency No. 91)
- Ejaj Beg Ajij Beg – Malegaon Central (Constituency No. 114)
- Shirishkumar Vasantrao Kotwal – Chandvad (Constituency No. 118)
- Lakhibhau Bhika Jadhav – Iqatpuri – ST (Constituency No. 127)
- Dayanand Motiram Choraghe – Bhiwandi West (Constituency No. 136)
- Sachin Sawant – Andheri West (Constituency No. 165)
- Asif Zakaria – Vandre West (Constituency No. 177)
- Kuldeep Dhiraj Appasaheb Kdam Patil – Tuljapur (Constituency No. 241)
- Rajesh Bharat Latkar – Kolhapur North (Constituency No. 276)
- Prithviraj Gulabrao Patil – Sangli (Constituency No. 282)
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Maharashtra Polls: Congress Second Candidate Checklist Of 23 Candidates
The second listing retains sitting MLA Kailash Gorantyal from Jalna and introduces Anuja Kedar, the spouse of disqualified celebration chief Sunil Kedar, because the candidate for the Saoner seat in Nagpur district. Sunil Kedar has been barred from contesting elections for six years resulting from his conviction within the Nagpur District Central Cooperative Financial institution (NDCCB) rip-off.
Senior celebration chief and former Deputy Speaker Vasant Purke, who misplaced within the 2019 elections, will contest once more from Ralegaon in Yavatmal, whereas Shivajirao Moghe has stepped apart for his son Jitendra to contest from the Arni seat in Yavatmal.
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In Mumbai, the Congress has fielded Kalu Badheliya for the Kandivali East seat, Ganesh Yadav for Sion Koliwada, and Yashwant Singh for Charkop. Suresh Bhoyar will problem state BJP chief Chandrashekar Bawankule at Kamptee (Nagpur), and in Wardha, the celebration has nominated Shekhar Shende, the son of the late former meeting speaker Pramod Shende.
Following the CEC assembly, celebration chief Ramesh Chennithala addressed reporters, stating that the Congress CEC mentioned the remaining seats in Maharashtra. “The MVA is contesting unitedly, and we’ve no variations. We’ll struggle collectively to understand the goals of the individuals of Maharashtra. We’re assured that the MVA will type the federal government,” he asserted.
PCC chief Nana Patole expressed optimism in regards to the MVA’s efficiency within the meeting polls, stating that the coalition is ready to safe a full majority. Congress Normal Secretary Okay. C. Venugopal echoed these sentiments in a submit on X, declaring, “We, the MVA, are all set to brush the upcoming meeting elections,” and shared photos from the CEC assembly.
Within the first listing, the Congress fielded candidates corresponding to Patole from Sakoli, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan from Karad South, and Chief of Opposition within the outgoing Meeting Vijay Wadettiwar from Brahmapuri.