Maharashtra Election: BJP Fields 2 Congress Turncoats, Devendra Fadnavis's PA In Third List Of 25 Candidates
Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP released its third list of 25 candidates, featuring notables like Harish Marotirao Pimple, Sai Prakash Dahake, Sudhakar Vitthalrao Kohale, and Archana Shailesh Patil Chakurkar.
Maharashtra Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its third list of 25 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections on Monday, including two former Congress members and the personal assistant of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. This latest announcement brings the total number of candidates declared by the BJP to 146 for the 288-member assembly. The polls are scheduled for November 20, with results set to be announced on November 23.
Among the notable nominations, Jitesh Antapurkar, who previously won a bypoll in 2021 on a Congress ticket and is known to have a close relationship with former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, will contest from the Deglur constituency. Chavan recently left the Congress to join the BJP and has since been appointed as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Archana Patil-Chakurkar, the daughter-in-law of Congress veteran and former Lok Sabha Speaker Shivraj Patil, has also been fielded from the Latur City seat after joining the BJP from the Congress in March this year.
Sumit Wankhede, who has been Devendra Fadnavis's personal assistant for several years, will represent the BJP from the Arvi assembly constituency. Notably, the BJP had previously awarded a ticket to Fadnavis's former PA, Abhimanyu Pawar, from Ausa in 2019, who won the seat and later became an MLC.
In a few changes, Borivali MLA Sunil Rane has been replaced by Sanjay Upadhyay, while MLC Praveen Datke will contest from the Nagpur Central seat. Additionally, Ashish Deshmukh, the son of former Congress state president Ranjeet Deshmukh, has received a ticket from Savner in the Nagpur district. Sitting MLA Bharti Lavekar has been renominated to contest from the Versova seat in Mumbai.
The third list includes four women candidates: Bharti Lavekar, Archana Patil-Chakurkar, Sneha Dube, who will contest from the Vasai seat in Palghar district, and Sai Prakash Dahake, fielded from Karanja in Washim.
Here is the list of all the BJP candidates announced in the third list for the Maharashtra Assembly elections:
- Harish Marotirao Pimple - Murtijapur (SC)
- Sai Prakash Dahake - Karanja
- Rajesh Shriram Wankhade - Teosa
- Umesh (Chandu) Atamaramji Yawalkar - Morshi
- Sumit Kishor Wankhede - Arvi
- Charansingh Babulalji Thakur - Katol
- Ashish Raje Deshmukh - Savner
- Pravin Prabhakarrao Datke - Nagpur Central
- Sudhakar Vitthalrao Kohale - Nagpur West
- Dr. Milind Pandurang Mane - Nagpur North (SC)
- Avinash Anandrao Brahmankar - Sakoli
- Kishor Gajananrao Jorgewar - Chandrapur (SC)
- Raju Narayan Todsam - Arni (ST)
- Kishan Maruti Wankhede - Umarkhed (SC)
- Jitesh Raosaheb Antapurkar - Deglur (SC)
- Vinod Suresh Medha - Dahanu (ST)
- Sneha Premnath Dube - Vasai
- Sanjay Upadhyay - Borivali
- Bharati Hemant Lavekar - Versova
- Parag Kishorchandra Shah - Ghatkopar East
- Suresh Ramchandra Dhas - Ashti
- Archana Shailesh Patil Chakurkar - Latur City
- Ram Vitthal Satpute - Malshiras (SC)
- Manoj Bhimrao Ghorpade - Karad North
- Sangram Sampatrao Deshmukh - Palus-Kadegaon
Meanwhile, the party also fielded Santuk Marotrao Hambarde today as its candidate for the Nanded Lok Sabha byelection.
Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP's Second List
This announcement comes after the BJP's second list released on October 26, which included 22 candidates. The second list had re-nominated prominent figures like Devayanai Pharande from Nashik Central and Prakash Bharsakle from Akot. It also featured several new candidates, replacing sitting legislators like Deorao Holi from Gadchiroli (ST) with Milind Narode.
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With the release of the third list, the BJP has announced candidates for 146 seats so far in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, as it aims to secure a majority in the upcoming elections.
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