In Maharashtra, there has been a conflict between BJP and NCP-Ajit faction over the candidature of former minister Nawab Malik from Mahayuti. NCP Ajit faction has made Nawab Malik a candidate from Mankhurd-Shivajinagar seat. This seat has been given to Shiv Sena Shinde faction by Mahayuti and Suresh Patil has been made the candidate. BJP has also supported Patil and said that they will not campaign for Malik. Mumbai BJP President Ashish Shelar said on Wednesday – Our party’s stand is clear. We were against Nawab Malik’s candidature earlier also. We will not support him even now, because his links with Dawood Ibrahim had come to light. NCP has also given ticket to Nawab Malik’s daughter Sana Malik from Anushaktinagar seat, who is also the official candidate of Mahayuti. Ashish said that BJP has no problem with Sana’s candidature. The party will definitely support her. BJP said- BJP’s stand on people associated with Dawood was already clear
Mumbai BJP President Ashish said- We have repeatedly clarified our stand on Dawood Ibrahim and people associated with him. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has already said this and now I am also saying the same. There is no question of campaigning for Nawab Malik. We believe that all the allies of Mahayuti have the right to declare their candidates, but BJP’s stand on Nawab Malik is clear. Nawab had also filed nomination as an independent candidate
Nawab Malik had filed two nominations on October 29, the last day of nomination. He had said on Tuesday, ‘I filed nomination as an NCP candidate. I also filed nomination as an independent candidate, but the party sent AB form and we submitted AB form at 2.55 pm. Now I am the official candidate of NCP.’ BJP and Ajit’s NCP face to face on Katol seat too
NCP Ajit and BJP are face to face on Katol assembly seat too. In fact, former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was elected MLA from this seat before the split in NCP. However, when the split happened in the party, Deshmukh supported Sharad Pawar. Because of this, BJP was claiming this seat. At the same time, Ajit was still considering it as a seat won by NCP. As a result, both of them fielded candidates. BJP has given ticket to Charan Singh Thakur and NCP has given ticket to Naresh Arsade. A look at the political equation of Maharashtra… In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP got reduced from 23 to 9 seats
In the Lok Sabha elections, out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, INDIA alliance got 30 and NDA got 17 seats. In these, BJP got 9, Shiv Sena got 7 and NCP got only 1 seat. BJP lost 23 seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, NDA got 41 seats while in 2014 it got 42 seats. BJP’s loss expected as per Lok Sabha elections
If the trend in Maharashtra assembly elections is similar to Lok Sabha elections, then BJP will suffer losses. BJP will be restricted to around 60 seats. Whereas, MVA has been predicted to get 160 seats in the survey of opposition alliance. Maratha movement is the biggest challenge for BJP. Apart from this, after the rift in Shiv Sena and NCP, people have sympathy with Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. Assembly elections- 2019 ……………………………………………… Also read this news related to Maharashtra assembly elections… Report card of 3 governments in 5 years; lost 3 big projects, debt of Rs 7.83 lakh crore, 5 years, 3 Chief Ministers and 3 different governments. After the 2019 assembly elections in Maharashtra, political upheaval continued for 5 years. Now assembly elections are being held again. Before the elections, Dainik Bhaskar’s team reached Maharashtra and took stock of the last 5 years. Three things were understood in this, read the full news…
