The date for nomination for Maharashtra Assembly elections is over. A total of 7995 candidates have filed nominations for 288 seats in the state. BJP led NDA i.e. Grand Alliance includes Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP(S) are part of the Congress-led India Alliance (Maha Vikas Aghadi). Despite this, due to the entry of rebel leaders on many seats, two candidates of NDA and India alliance are seen in the fray, due to which the political tension of both the alliances has increased.
This time in Maharashtra all the parties are facing rebellion from their leaders. If some leaders of the parties included in the NDA and India alliance did not get tickets, then independents have entered the electoral fray. Due to this, the situation has become such that Shinde’s Shiv Sena’s rebel is in the field against BJP and BJP’s rebel is in the field against NCP. If the rebel candidates contesting as independents do not withdraw their names till November 4 and remain in the election till the end, then it will be a headache not only for the official candidates but also for the alliance.
Gopal Shetty is a big name among the rebels
Among the rebels who have filed their nomination from BJP, a big name is that of Gopal Shetty. Gopal has been a two-time MLA and MP from Mumbai. He has filed his nomination as an independent candidate against the party’s official candidate Sanjay Upadhyay in Mumbai’s Borivali assembly constituency. In this way, even if BJP’s Bala Bhegde did not get the ticket, independents have entered the fray.
BJP rebels against Shinde’s Shiv Sena
Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has got Pachora seat in NDA’s seat sharing. Shinde’s Shiv Sena has fielded Kishore Patil from Pachora seat, but BJP’s Amol Shinde has rebelled against the party and contested as an independent candidate. BJP spokesperson Shaina NC is contesting from Mumbadevi on Shiv Sena ticket, but BJP leader Atul Shah has adopted a rebellious stance and has entered the fray as an independent. Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Gaikwad is the authorized candidate from Buldhana seat, but here BJP leader Vijayraj Shinde has fielded an independent candidate. Shiv Sena’s Raimulkar is the authorized candidate from Mehkar seat, from where BJP leader Prakash Gavai has filed independent nomination.
those who rebelled and took to the field
BJP’s Deputy Mayor Hasmukh Gehlot has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik from Ovala Majiwada. BJP leader Sunil Shinde has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Vilas Bhumras on Paithan seat. BJP leader Bhaskar Danve rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Arjun Khotkar on Jalnaya seat. BJP’s Sunil Mirakar has rebelled against Shiv Sena’s Abdul Sattar from Sillod seat and is contesting the elections. BJP’s Vishal Parba has fielded against Shiv Sena’s Deepak Kesarkar on Sawantwadi seat. BJP’s Satish Ghatge is contesting against Shinde group’s adventurer on Ghansawangi seat. BJP’s Kiran Thackeray has contested as an independent against Shinde’s Mahendra Thor from Karjat seat.
BJP rebels against Ajit Pawar NCP
Not only the leaders of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena but Ajit Pawar’s NCP also has to face the rebel leaders of BJP. BJP leaders have come out against Ajit Pawar’s candidate on about 10 seats in the state. Aherit seat has officially gone to NCP quota. NCP’s Dharamrao Atram is contesting from this seat, against whom BJP’s Ambrish Atram has contested. BJP’s Shirish Chaudhary has contested against NCP’s Anil Patil on Amalner seat. Similarly, NCP’s Sulabha Khodke is the official candidate for Amravati seat, against whom BJP’s Jagdish Gupta has contested as an independent candidate.
BJP’s Milind Ambal has contested against NCP’s Raju Navghare on Vasmat seat. NCP’s Rajesh Vitekar is contesting from Pathrit, against whom BJP’s Ranganath Solanke is contesting, BJP’s Asha Buchke is contesting against NCP’s Atul Bank from Junnar seat. BJP’s Bala Bhegde has fielded an independent against NCP’s Sunil Shelke in Maval seat. BJP’s Dilip Gaikwad has defeated NCP’s Sanjay Bonsode on Udgir seat. Ramesh Thorat has defeated Nitin Pawar in Kalwan seat.
Shinde-Pawar leaders revolt against BJP
BJP leaders have raised the flag of rebellion on Eknath Shinde’s quota seats, while on some seats Shiv Sena leaders have also raised their voice against BJP. One such seat is Airoli, which has gone to BJP’s account. Ganesh Naik is contesting from BJP, but Vijay Chowgule of Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde faction has contested as an independent. Shiv Sena leader Vijay Nahat has filed a nomination against BJP’s Manda Mhatre in Belapur. Mahesh Gaikwad of Shinde’s Shiv Sena has defeated BJP’s Sulabha Gaikwad in Kalyan East seat. BJP’s Harishchandra Bhoy is contesting on Vikramgarh seat, but Shiv Sena’s Prakash Nikam has also filed nomination from here. Shinde’s Manish Kalje has increased the tension by contesting against BJP’s Devendra Kothe on Solapur City seat.
Stand of rebel NCP leaders
NCP’s Rajesh Whittaker is contesting on the Patriot seat, against whom Shiv Sena’s Saeed Khan has contested. Shinde’s party Akshay Jadhav has raised the flag of rebellion against NCP’s Dilip Mohit on Alandi seat. Former MLA Sharad Sonavan has contested against NCP’s Atul Bank on Junnar seat. Similarly, Suhas Kande’s wife has contested the elections against Chhagan Bhujbal. Purushottam Jadhav is contesting against YK Makrand Patil. Shiv Sena’s Avinash Rane has contested against Sana Malik on Anushaktinagar seat. Shinde’s Rajshree Ahir Rao was trying his luck against NCP’s Saroj Ahir in Devlali seat. Dhanraj Mahal is contesting against NCP’s Narhari Jirwal in Dindori and Shiv Sena’s Anil Jagtap is contesting against Yogesh Kshirsagar in Beed.
How rebels are increasing political tension in MVA
Kamal Soudhe of Congress is contesting against Ravindra Dhangekar of Congress on Kasbayat seat. Uddhav Thackeray’s Harshal Mane has contested against Satish Patal, who is contesting from Sharad Pawar’s NCP, on Parola seat. Nanabhau Mahajan of the Uddhav faction is contesting against Satish Patal of NCP(S) on the Parole seat. In Beed, Jyoti Mete of Pawar group has contested against Sandeep Kshirsagar of Sharad Pawar group. Madhu Chavan of Congress has raised the flag of rebellion against Manoj Jamsutkar of Thackeray Group in Byculla. Avinash Lad of Congress has raised the flag of rebellion against Rajan Salvi of Uddhav group in Rajapur seat. Suresh Nagre of Congress is contesting against Vijay Bhamble of Sharad Pawar group on Jintur seat.
Rebel leaders of Uddhav group and Thackeray group
In Rajapur, Uday of the Uddhav group has contested against Rajan Salvi of the Uddhav group as an independent. In Gondia, Rahul Jagtap of Sharad Pawar group is contesting against Anuradha Nagwade of Thackeray group. After Deepak Salunkhe from Uddhav’s Shiv Sena was given ticket in Sangola, Sharad Pawar’s NCP leader Babasaheb Deshmukh rebelled in Maviya. In South Solapur, Shiv Sena Thackeray faction has given ticket to Amar Patil. Here Congress’s Dilip Mane has rebelled. Congress gave ticket to Bhagirath Bhalke in Pandharpur, after which Anil Sawant’s name has been announced in the list of Sharad Pawar faction in Pandharpur itself. Thackeray faction has given ticket to Ranjit Patil from Parandh seat, after which Rahul Mote has been defeated by Sharad Pawar faction. In Kurla, Thackeray group has given ticket to Praveena Morajkar but Milind Kamble has also been declared a candidate by Sharad Pawar group.
