Troubled by rebel candidates in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, political parties have heaved a sigh of relief. Monday was the last date for withdrawal of nominations. On the last day, a record number of rebels withdrew their names. According to the information, there were a total of 35 rebel candidates in the Mahayuti of BJP, Shinde faction’s Shiv Sena and NCP and there were 14 rebels in the Mahavikas Aghadi of Uddhav faction’s Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar faction’s NCP and Congress. It is claimed that a total of 49 rebels have withdrawn their names. Voting will be held in the state on November 20 while the results will be revealed on November 23.
At first the rebels were persuaded by the political parties. After this, on Sunday evening almost all the political parties issued instructions that if their rebel leaders do not withdraw their nominations, then strict action will be taken against them. The next day most of the rebels withdrew their nominations. The political parties have definitely got immediate relief from the nomination of the rebels, but who these leaders will benefit from and who will be harmed by not getting tickets will be known only on November 23.
The biggest name in this is that of former BJP MP Gopal Shetty. Gopal Shetty has decided not to contest the elections as an independent candidate and has withdrawn his nomination from Borivali seat this morning. BJP had given ticket to Sanjay Upadhyay from Borivali seat, due to which he was angry and filed his nomination on 29th October, the last day of nomination. He had said that he has taken this decision not for the sake of ticket, but because of the concern of the local workers. The workers were continuously being ignored. Congress’s Mukhtar Sheikh withdrew his nomination from Pune’s Kasba Peth assembly constituency and announced his support to the party’s official candidate Ravindra Dhangekar.
Sada Saravankar did not withdraw his name in Mahim
However, Mahim seat was such that there was a lot of pressure on Sada Sarvankar, who contested the elections on Shiv Sena Shinde’s ticket, to withdraw his name but he did not withdraw his name and he will face Amit Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. It cannot be called a rebellion but it can definitely be called a friendly competition because the relations between Eknath Shinde and Raj Thackeray are very good.
In Maharashtra, a total of 51 rebels belonging to different parties, including others, withdrew their nominations. These include 10 leaders of BJP, 8 from Shinde faction and 6 from Ajit Pawar faction. Meaning in Mahayuti this figure is 24. On the other hand, 11 rebels from Congress, 6 from Uddhav group and 4 from Sharad Pawar group also agreed at the last moment. In Maha Vikas Aghadi this figure is 21. Here the strike rate of both the alliances in convincing the rebels is almost equal. The number of other candidates is 6.
How many leaders were rebels in Mahayuti?
- BJP- 10
- Shinde faction – 8
- Ajit group – 6
How many rebels were there in Mahavikas Aghadi?
- Congress- 11
- UBT-6
- Sharad Group- 4
These big faces were included among the rebels of Mahayuti and Mahavikas Aghadi
Gopal Shetty- Borivali (BJP)
Avinash Rane- Anushakti Nagar (Shinde faction)
Madhurima Raje Chhatrapati- Kolhapur North (Congress)
Mukhtar Shaikh- Kasba Peth (Congress)
Baburao Mane- Dharavi (UBT)
Who retreated from where, some selected names?
- BJP rebel Shivaji Dongre retreats from Sangli
- Gadchiroli BJP rebel Devrao Holi withdrew his nomination.
- Shinde Shiv Sena’s Manoj More withdraws from election in Dhule
- BJP’s rebel leader from Guhagar Santosh Jaitapkar withdrew his nomination.
- Avinash Rane of Shiv Sena of Anushaktinagar Shinde faction withdrew his candidature.
Dadarao Keche withdrew nomination
- Rebel former BJP MLA in Arvi Dadarao Keche withdrew his nomination.
- BJP rebel Vishwajit Gaikwad withdraws nomination from Udgir seat
- BJP’s Gopal Shetty withdrew nomination from Borivali seat.
- Independent Yayati Naik withdrew nomination from Pusad Yavatmal.
- Shinde Shiv Sena rebel Arvind More withdraws nomination from Kalyan West
- Shiv Sena rebel Avinash Rane of Shinde faction retreated from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat.
Bhaskar Danve retreated from Jalna seat.
- BJP’s Vijayaraje Shinde retreated against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Gaikwad in Buldhana.
- BJP rebel Bhaskar Danve retreats from Jalna seat
- Congress rebel Madhu Chavan has withdrawn his candidature from Byculla.
- Congress rebel Sachin Pote from Kalyan East withdraws nomination
- BJP rebel Jitu Choudhary withdraws nomination from Mumbai’s Chandivali seat.
- BJP rebel Naresh Barde withdraws nomination from Nagpur West seat.
Congress said- all our rebel leaders withdrew their nominations
On the question of rebels withdrawing their nominations, Mumbai Congress President Varsha Gaikwad said that all our leaders have withdrawn their nominations. He said that it is our endeavor that MVA government will be formed. Only those to whom the party has given tickets will contest the elections. There will be no friendly fight. Our meeting is on 6th. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul will also participate in it. Our manifesto will be released on this day itself. Congress does not make any false promises. We do what we say.
How many candidates withdrew their nomination in the election?
A total of 10900 people had filed nominations for the assembly elections. In this, nominations of 6444 people were accepted. The election officer has rejected the nominations of a total of 1659 people in the elections. Now talking about withdrawal of nominations, a total of 2797 candidates have withdrawn their nominations. In this, most of the nominations were withdrawn on the last day i.e. Monday.
