Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Uddhav Thackeray led outfit will face-off in 3 Mumbai seats.
Mumbai:
Battle traces have been drawn in six parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai, the place Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Uddhav Thackeray led outfit will battle it out in three seats.
Whereas two seats will witness fights between the standard rivals – the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) and the Congress, in a single seat the Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP will struggle it out.
The six constituencies in Mumbai are Mumbai South, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-West. These are among the many 13 seats in Maharashtra that may go to polls within the fifth and ultimate part on Might 20.
Mumbai South, Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai North-West will see a struggle between the 2 Senas, whereas Mumbai North-East shall be a BJP versus Shiv Sena (UBT) face-off.
In Mumbai South, sitting MP Arvind Sawant of the Uddhav Thackeray will tackle Yamini Jadhav of the Shinde-led Sena. Jadhav represents the Byculla meeting constituency in Mumbai.
Sena (UBT) chief Anil Desai is pitted in opposition to Rahul Shewale of the Shinde-led Sena in Mumbai South-Central. Whereas Desai was a Rajya Sabha member until not too long ago, Shewale is the sitting Lok Sabha member.
Amol Kirtikar of the Thackeray camp will tackle Ravindra Waikar of the ruling Sena in Mumbai North-West. Waikar who was earlier with the Sena (UBT), joined the Shinde camp not too long ago. He presently represents Jogeshwari East meeting constituency in Mumbai.
Congress MLA Varsha Gaikwad, who’s the social gathering’s Mumbai unit president will struggle it out in opposition to famous lawyer Ujjwal Nikam fielded by the BJP in Mumbai North-Central, whereas Union minister and BJP veteran Piyush Goyal will tackle Bhushan Patil of the Congress in Mumbai North. Whereas Gaikwad represents the Dharavi meeting section in Mumbai, Goyal is a Rajya Sabha member.
In Mumbai North-East, BJP’s Mihir Kotecha will struggle in opposition to Sena UBT’s Sanjay Dina Patil. Kotecha is the MLA from Mulund meeting constituency in Mumbai.
After submitting her nomination kind, Gaikwad referred to as on Uddhav Thackeray, who promised his help to her, saying she shall be despatched to Delhi as an MP. Will probably be for the primary time that Thackeray will vote for a Congress candidate as his residence in Bandra comes beneath the Mumbai North-Central constituency.
Congress and Shiv Sena have historically been political opponents in Mumbai until 2019.
“Regardless of being opponents, the 2 events have been in tactical understanding on many events to get positions of energy, particularly within the Mumbai civic physique,” senior journalist Prakash Akolkar mentioned.
As per the image rising on floor, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress cadre have gelled effectively on the bottom.
Mr Gaikwad visited all Shiv Sena shakhas in Mumbai North-Central constituency, looking for “blessings” of the Uddhav Thackeray-led cadre and in flip promising to be at all times out there to them and struggle for points associated to town. She was warmly welcomed all over the place.
Since 2014, the Congress has misplaced all of the Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, whereas within the 2019 meeting elections, it may win solely 5 of the 36 seats.
With former Mumbai South MP Milind Deora defecting to the Shiv Sena and former Mumbai North-Central MP Priya Dutt declining to contest once more, the Congress had no candidates to subject.
Occasion chief Sanjay Nirupam was proven the door for his criticism of the Congress management on its incapacity to get equal seat-sharing within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
This would be the first main electoral check after the political realignment that emerged in 2019.
Earlier, the Andheri East meeting byelection came about, however Shinde-led Sena or the BJP didn’t subject any candidate.
The BJP has changed all three sitting MPs whereas Shinde’s Shiv Sena has renominated solely Rahul Shewale (Mumbai South-Central) and changed Gajanan Kirtikar in Mumbai North-West.
Mumbai is split into Mumbai metropolis and Mumbai suburban district.
Mumbai South and Mumbai South-Central constituencies are in Mumbai metropolis, whereas remainder of the constituencies are in Mumbai suburban. The nomination course of is underway. Final date of submitting of nominations is Might 3.
Mumbai metropolis has over 24 lakh voters, whereas suburban has 74 lakh voters.
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