Maharashtra: CM Uddhav Thackeray Files Nomination For Legislative Council Polls

On being elected to the house of the state legislature, Uddhav will also become the second member of the Thackeray clan to enter the Legislature as an elected member after his son and Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray.

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New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday filed his nomination papers for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council biennial elections to nine vacant seats scheduled for May 21.  Thackeray filed his papers in the presence of a host of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders, including Nationalist Congress Party's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, state Congress President and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and senior Shiv Sena leaders were present. Besides, Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe also filed her nomination as a Shiv Sena candidate. On being elected to the house of the state legislature, Uddhav will also become the second member of the Thackeray clan to enter the Legislature as an elected member after his son and Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray. NCP candidates Shashikant Shinde and Amol Mitkari also submitted their nominations to the Returning Officer, while Congress lone candidate Rajesh Rathod also followed suit. Also Watch: From the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party four candidates are fielded: Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil, Praveen Datke, Gopichand Padalkar and Ajit Gopchhede, and they also filed their nomination papers this afternoon. After the Congress consenting to withdraw its second candidate Rajkishore alias Papa Modi late on Sunday, the stage is set for all the nine candidates to be elected unopposed. Accordingly, now the ruling MVA will get five seats and the BJP will get four nominees elected - without a contest - to the Upper House. (with inputs from agencies)