Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday morning filed his nomination to contest from the Kopri Pachpakkhadi seat in Thane. Before the nomination, he also did a road show in Thane.
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has also filed his candidature from Baramati on Monday morning. Ajith's nephew Yugendra Pawar is the candidate of NCP-Sharad group from this seat. Yugendra also filed his candidature on Monday morning. Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule were also present with him.
On the other hand, Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray, who is contesting from Mahim seat on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ticket, has also filed his candidature. During this, many MNS leaders and workers were present with him. The last date for filling nominations is 29 October.
Pictures of nomination and road show…
CM Eknath Shinde held a road show in Thane before filing his candidature.
Before the nomination, Yugendra Pawar touched the feet of NCP founder Sharad Pawar.
Amit Thackeray, son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, performed pooja at the temple before filing nominations.
NCP candidate from Mumbai's Anushakti Nagar assembly seat and Nawab Malik's daughter Sana Malik held a road show before the nomination.
Sharad Pawar said- Consensus on 90 to 95% seats Sharad Pawar said that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has reached consensus on 90 to 95% of the total 288 seats in the state. Our fight is against those who divided into political parties and compromised with ideology. Those who are in power have not resolved the issues of the people.
On Yugendra's contesting, Ajith said- Everyone has the right to contest On Yugendra contesting from Baramati seat, Ajit Pawar said – Everyone has the right to contest. Whenever a candidate comes before me I take him as a strong candidate and campaign accordingly. This time also the people of Baramati will elect me and I have full faith in them.
Yugendra said – The fight is not difficult, but not easy either Yugendra said – The fight against Ajit Pawar will not be difficult, but it will not be easy either. The people of Baramati are with Pawar Sahib. Pawar Sahib also showed this in the Lok Sabha. It is very sad and unfortunate that all this is happening in the family. It started with Lok Sabha elections.
Earlier Ajit was under the guidance of party founder and family patriarch Sharad Pawar Sahib, but all of India saw what happened in the last years. After the split of the party, the Election Commission also gave him the election symbol.
However, all of us in the family decided that we should stay with Pawar Sahib, as he is the founder of NCP. He is the head of the family and because of him, not only Baramati, but all the surrounding people have developed.
Single phase election in Maharashtra on 20th November, result on 23rd November The term of Maharashtra Assembly ends on 26 November 2024. In Maharashtra, Mahayuti ie Shiv Sena, BJP and NCP Ajit Pawar group government. The division of votes between the anti-incumbency and the big six parties will be a major challenge for the Sadhana Party.
In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP fell from 23 to 9 seats Out of the 48 seats in Maharashtra in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 30 seats and the NDA won 17 seats. In which BJP got 9 seats, Shiv Sena got 7 seats and NCP got only 1 seat. BJP has lost 23 seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won 41 seats. In 2014, this figure was 42. That is less than half.
Estimated loss of BJP according to Lok Sabha Elections According to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP will be reduced to around 60 seats. The survey by the opposition alliance has projected MVA or Maha Vikas Aghadi to get 160 seats out of 288 seats in the state. Maratha agitation is the biggest challenge for BJP. Apart from this, people sympathize with Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar after the sabotage in Shiv Sena and NCP.
Maharashtra 2019 Assembly Election Equation
- In 2019, there was a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. BJP won 105 and Shiv Sena 56 seats. NCP got 54 seats and Congress got 44 seats from the alliance. BJP-Shiv Sena could have easily come to power, but differences broke the alliance.
- On 23 November 2019, Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister. It was an early morning swearing-in, but both resigned on 26 November 2019 before the majority test. On 28 November 2019, Mahavikas Aghadi of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress came to power. After this there was a rebellion between Shiv Sena and NCP and 4 parties were formed. Sharad and Uddhav got the lead in the Lok Sabha elections. Assembly elections will be held in all this background.
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