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Congress announces 48 candidates, key leaders of the struggle

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Congress announces 48 candidates, key leaders of the struggle

Maharashtra Election Live Updates: This announcement comes after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition comprising Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) declared that they will contest 85 seats each in the November 20 elections. .

On Thursday, October 24, the Congress announced its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. The list includes prominent names like state party president Nana Patole who will contest from Sakoli, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan from Karad South and outgoing Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar from Brahmapuri.

between 48 candidates, Congress It retained 25 valid MLAs. The candidates include former ministers Nitin Raut (Nagpur North) and Balasaheb Thorat (Sangamner), Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad (Dharavi), Amit Deshmukh (Latur City) and Dheeraj Deshmukh (Latur Rural).

In Bhokar, Congress’s Trupti Kondekar will face BJP’s Srijaya Chavan, daughter of former Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who recently joined the BJP. Chavan’s relative Meenal Khatgaonkar will represent Congress in Naigaon and Praful Gudadhe is set to challenge Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in South West Nagpur.

This announcement comes after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition comprising Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) announced that they will contest 85 seats in the November 20 elections. However, discussions continue regarding the distribution of the remaining 33 seats among minor parties and the three main allies.