Today is the last day for nominations in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
The tension and suspense on the seats came to an end with the nominations in Maharashtra on Tuesday. Once nominations close, it becomes clear which party is vying for how many seats. This may be happening for the first time in the electoral history of Maharashtra. Well, the latest news after nominations are over is that the BJP is vying for Mahayut’s maximum 152 seats. By his own account, he has given up four seats to younger colleagues.
Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has fielded candidates for 85 seats, while Ajit Pawar’s faction has fielded 52 candidates. This number became 289 seats. You must be wondering, if the total number of seats in the Congress is 288, how come there is one more seat… Actually, Nawab Malik of Ajit Pawar’s party has filled two nomination forms, so this number One more serving. . A similar situation exists with Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Congress has maximum seats in Maha Vikas Aghadi
Maha Vikas Aghadi is the candidate of Congress for up to 102 seats. 89 candidates from Uddhav’s faction and 87 candidates from Sharad Pawar’s faction have filed nominations, of which 13 seats have been allotted to allies. In this context, the total number of Maha Vikas Aghadi seats is 291. In fact, the parties in this alliance are already going head-to-head on 3 seats. This meant that more candidates were fielded than the number of seats determined by the coalition, taking the 288 seats to 291.
The last date to withdraw a nomination is November 4. The parties have until November 4 to convince coalition partners and angry leaders. Final numbers will be announced on November 5, at which time the nominations will be withdrawn. Overall, the suspense remains intact in some seats.
Ajit Pawar hits a six in the last ‘hour’!
Ajit Pawar hit a political six in the final moments of nomination. The clock is also his party’s electoral symbol. The NCP surprised everyone by fielding Nawab Malik from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar at the last moment. Last time, Abu Azmi of the Samajwadi Party won from here. This means two powerful leaders are competing for the seat. This is Nawab Malik who was once considered close to Ajit’s uncle Sharad Pawar. Now he has changed his stance.
The question now is why Nawab Malik, who won in 2019, left his seat Anushakti Nagar to oppose Abu Azmi. So, let us tell you that Nawab Malik’s daughter Sana Malik is contesting the elections from her father’s seat, Anushakti Nagar, on the Ajit Pawar faction’s ticket. When Sana’s name was announced, there were discussions about Ajit Pawar distancing himself from Nawab Malik amid pressure from the BJP, but after the nomination, it became clear that the NCP did so as a tactic.
The battle between Abu Azmi and Nawab Malik takes another turn
Sharad Pawar’s NCP has fielded actress Swara Bhaskar’s husband Fahad Ahmed against Sana Malik. Fahd Ahmed is the leader of the Samajwadi Party and has close relations with Abu Azmi. This means that the Samajwadi Party leader is running against Nawab Malik’s daughter on Sharad Pawar party ticket. So now Sana’s father Nawab Malik himself has joined the fray with Samajwadi Party’s Abu Azmi.
The question now is whether he comes to Abu Azmi to avenge his daughter. Only they can answer this question, but what is certain is that the political battle between two key leaders of the Muslim community is going on openly in Maharashtra. People also say that it was Abu Azmi who got Fahd Ahmed from the Sharad faction to compete against Nawab Malik’s daughter Fahad Ahmed, so Nawab Malik got angry.
The BJP is also upset over Ajit Pawar’s move
Incidentally, this move by Ajit Pawar also made the BJP uncomfortable. The party has made it clear it will not campaign for him. Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashish Shelal said the BJP’s role in Nawab Malik’s campaign is very clear and he will not campaign for the BJP.
