Maharashtra Polls: Shiv Sena releases list of 70 candidates

 day after announcing its Haryana list of candidates, the BJP on Tuesday released its list for Maharashtra. The BJP, in the first go has released names of 125 candidates, including present Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who will once again be fighting from the Nagpur South West seat.

BJP state chief Chandrakant Dada Patil will be fighting from Kothrud. Among others, Manohar Bhadane has been named from Dhule rural and BJP Minister Pankaja Munde from Parli.

Tuesday's announcement comes a day after Sena and BJP announced that they will be fighting the Assembly elections together. BJP state chief Patil and senior Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai signed the statement on Monday night, putting days of speculations to rest.