Chaos in Mahayuti, BJP fielded candidates on 5 seats of Shiv Sena Shinde faction

After the announcement of seats for the assembly elections by BJP, there is chaos in the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has held a meeting with party workers from Thane, Kalyan East and Murbad.

At the same time, BJP has given a ticket to Shulabha Gaikwad, wife of jailed MLA Ganpat Gaikwad. Though Ganpat Gaikwad had fired at the officials of the Shinde faction in a police station. Now it remains to be seen how the Shinde faction reacts to Shulabha Gaikwad's candidature. BJP has given a ticket to two-time MLA Parag Alvani from Vile Parle.

Mumbai BJP general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay was preparing for this seat, while former minister Deepak Sawant was also expressing his desire to contest from here.

All is not well in Mahayuti

While BJP leader Ganesh Naik has got ticket from Airoli, and his son Sandeep Naik wanted a ticket from Belapur, but this seat has been given to the current MLA Manda Mhatre. Now it will be interesting to see what stand Sandeep Naik takes after this.

From Dombivali, BJP's current minister Ravindra Chavan has been given a ticket, while local leader Dipesh Mhatre, who was earlier in the Shinde faction, has now joined Shiv Sena (UBT).

Five seats snatched from Shiv Sena

Meanwhile BJP has fielded its candidates on five such seats, which Shiv Sena contested and lost in 2019. An official of the Shiv Sena Shinde faction said that this seat sharing can be seen as BJP taking over their political ground.

Those five seats are

Nalasopara

Uran

Dhule City

Achalpur

Deoli

All though Nalasopara, Shiv Sena candidate Pradeep Sharma lost to Kshitij Thakur of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) in 2019. In Uran, Shiv Sena's Manohar Bhoir was defeated by independent Mahesh Baldi, who is now a BJP candidate.

In Dhule City, Shiv Sena leader Hilal Mali lost to Farooq Shah of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM). In Achalpur seat, Shiv Sena's Sunita Fiske was defeated by Prahar Party chief Bacchu Kadu.

In Deoli, Shiv Sena's Sameer Deshmukh lost to Congress' Ranjeet Kamble. These seats can become a big challenge for the Shiv Sena Shinde faction, and it can affect the political position of the party.

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We let you know, that in the Mahayuti, only BJP has announced the names of its candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. The list of candidates of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP is still awaited.