MNS Chief Raj Thackeray distances from contesting Maha MLC Polls
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray distances from contesting Maha MLC Polls
Ahead of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Polls later this month, MNS Chief Raj Thackeray has distanced from contesting. His decision comes after the BJP sitting MLC Niranjan Davkhare met the MNS Chief on Friday, last day of filing nominations. Last week, the State’s deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis too had met him.
Reportedly, MNS had proposed filmmaker and party functionary Abhijeet Panse’s name from the Konkan Graduates’ seat, resulting in an unpleasant situation amid the allies BJP and MNS. Raj Thackeray had lent unconditional support to the BJP-led Mahayuti for Lok Sabha election that concluded this week.
According to MNS spokesperson Sandeep Deshpande, Panse will not contest the MLC polls.
It is learnt that BJP has chosen Davkhare, Kiran Shelar and Shivnath Darade for Konkan Graduates’, Mumbai Graduates’ and Mumbai Teachers’ constituencies, respectively. The fourth seat, Mumbai Graduates’, from the Mahayuti coalition will be contested by Shinde faction of Shiv Sena’s Deepak Sawant.
From the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) was the first to name the candidates. The party has chosen sitting MLC Anil Parab and J M Abhyankar for the Mumbai Graduates’ and Mumbai Teachers’ seats, respectively.
While Congress will be represented by Ramesh Keer from the Konkan Graduates’. Sitting MLC Kishor Darade too is a contender from the Nashik Teachers’ seat.
News Edit K.V.Raman
