The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday released its first list of 38 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls with Deputy Chief Minister and party head Ajit Pawar being nominated from Baramati seat in Pune district. In Maharashtra's Pune district, has been a stronghold of the Pawar family, with Ajit Pawar representing it from 1993. In the 2019 Assembly polls, Ajit Pawar defeated his BJP rival by a record margin of over 1,65,000 votes.The NCP, in its first list, has shown confidence in 26 sitting MLAs, including ministers who sided with Ajit Pawar, when he led a political revolt against his uncle Sharad Pawar and joined the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. Deputy Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly Narhari Zirwal has been fielded from Dindori and state cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal from Yeola.
NCP has released its first list, Ajit Pawar, Chaggan Bhujbal, in fray.
— Singh Varun (@singhvarun) October 23, 2024
To contest against Jitendra Awhad, NCP has put Najeeb Mulla as a candidate from Kalwa-Mumbra pic.twitter.com/3WwExItlH5
Polls for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be held on November 20, and votes will be counted on November 23. The term of the current assembly will end on November 26.
Newsinc24 Team
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