Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has announced the second list of 15 candidates. In this list, the name of the Byculla seat is also claimed by the Congress. Shiv Sena UBT fielded Manoj Jamsutkar from Byculla.
Earlier, Shiv Sena UBT announced the list of 65 candidates. The party has not yet announced a candidate for the Versova seat. Among the 15 candidates who received tickets in the second list, the most prominent are:
- Dhule City – Anil Gote
- Chopra (Today) -Raju Tadvi
- Jalgaon City – Jayshree Sunil Mahajan,
- Buldhana- Jayashree Shelke,
- Deglath-Pawan Shamlal Jaiswal
- Hingoli-Rupali Rajesh Patil
- Patul-Asaram Borad
- Devlali (Aja) Yogesh Golap
- Kayan Si-Sachin Bhasare
- Kayandong – Dhananjay Bodare
- Wadala-Shraddha Sridhar Jadhav
- Shivdi Ajay Chowdhury
- Byculla-Manoj Jamsutkar
- Sri Gonda – Anuradha Rajendra Nagawad
- Kankawali-Sandesh Bhaskar Pak
Won 9 seats in Lok Sabha
In the Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena contested maximum 21 seats from Mahavikas Aghadi. But she could only win nine seats. However, both his allies the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) benefited greatly from his alliance. This is why Thackeray insists on contesting more seats in the assembly elections.
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Uddhav Thackeray’s biggest challenge in this year’s assembly elections is Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. Because this election is about the survival of both parties. After the Eknath Shinde rebellion, the Shiv Sena and the Shiv Sena faced each other for the first time in the assembly elections.
Severed alliance with BJP in 2019
Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena has joined forces with the BJP to contest the 2019 assembly elections. At that time, the Shiv Sena fielded its candidates and occupied 124 seats. Among them, 56 provincial councilors were elected. 105 BJP MLAs won. At that time, Uddhav Thackeray severed ties with the BJP after negotiations for the chief ministership failed, and later with the help of the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar, he came to power and became the chief minister. minister. However, in 2022, Eknath Shinde led a major rebellion within the party. As a result, Uddhav Thackeray had to lose his position as chief minister.
