The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday released its first list of candidates in Maharashtra for the ensuing Lok Sabha Elections.
Party leader Sanjay Raut took to X to share the list of the 17 candidates.
हिंदूहृदयसम्राट शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांच्या आशीर्वादाने आणि शिवसेना पक्ष प्रमुख श्री.उद्धवजी ठाकरे यांच्या आदेशाने शिवसेनेच्या 17 लोकसभा उमेदवारांची यादी जाहीर करण्यास येत आहे..
*मुंबई दक्षिण मध्य:श्री अनिल देसाई यांच्या उमेदवारीची घोषणा करण्यात येत आहे.
इतर 16 उमेदवार… pic.twitter.com/nPg2RHimSF— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) March 27, 2024
Senior leader Anil Desai will contest from the Mumbai South Central parliamentary constituency. Sitting MP Arvind Sawant will contest from the South Mumbai seat.
Amol Kirtikar will contest from the Mumbai North West constituency, a seat once represented by his father, Gajanan Kirtikar. Kirtikar’s nomination comes even as the ED on Wednesday issued a summons. The summons were in connection with his alleged involvement in the Khichdi scam.
The party has fielded Sanjay Deshmukh from Yavatmal, Narendra Khedekar from Buldhana, Sanjog Waghere from Maval, Chandrahar Patil from Sangali, Nagesh Patil from Hingoli, Chandrakant Khere from Sambhajinagar and Omraj Nimbalkar from Dharshiv.
Veteran party leader Anant Geete will contest the Raigadh seat and Vinayak Raut will contest from Ratnagiri.
Rajan Vichare is the candidate of the party from Thane, while Sanjay Jadhav is all set to fight Parbhani seat.
Meanwhile, NCP-SCP workers held protest outside party office after Shiv Sena UBT declared candidate from Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency.
#WATCH | Mumbai | NCP-SCP workers hold protest outside party office after Shiv Sena UBT declared candidate from Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency, which is a seat on which undivided NCP had a stronghold pic.twitter.com/abIGLBmfnU
— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2024
The UBT Sena is fighting the Maharashtra polls in alliance with the Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar) and the Congress.
Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on 19 April, 26 April, 7 May, 13 May and May 20.
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