Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde will be the 'Mahayuti' candidate from Kalyan Lok Sabha seat, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday, ending a week-long suspense over which party will get a chance to contest the elections. Is. High-profile constituency.
Shrikant Shinde will face Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Vaishal Darekar-Rane, a former MNS leader.
Fadnavis' announcement comes at a time when a section of the BJP in Kalyan has raised objections against fielding sitting Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde.After his name was formally announced, Shrikant Shinde took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Varun Sardesai, asking where these leaders have gone now, pointing to their statements that they would contest from Kalyan.
He expressed confidence of victory by a record margin.
"There is no opposition from the BJP. Shrikant Shinde will be the Shiv Sena and Mahayuti candidate from Kalyan. The BJP will stand with him with full strength and all the Mahayuti members will ensure his victory," Fadnavis told reporters in Nagpur.He was responding to a question on whether the delay in declaring the candidate from Kalyan was due to BJP's opposition to Shrikant Shinde's candidature.
In the 2019 elections, Shinde junior, who contested as a Shiv Sena (undivided candidate), had secured 5,59,723 votes against his Nationalist Congress Party (undivided) rival Babaji Balram Patil, who got 2,15,380 votes. Were.
Darekar-Rane had contested the 2009 elections from Kalyan as a Maharashtra Navnirma Sena candidate.The rising tension between Shinde and BJP-led Shiv Sena workers turned violent earlier this year when BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad shot and injured a local Sena leader in Kalyan over a land dispute.
A doctor by qualification, Shrikant Shinde was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Kalyan in 2014 and again in 2019.However, the local BJP cadre is demanding that the constituency be allotted to the party in the Mahayuti seat-sharing agreement, arguing that three of the six assembly constituencies have BJP MLAs. The remaining three seats have one MLA each from Shiv Sena, MNS and NCP (SP).
Shrikant Shinde will face Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Vaishal Darekar-Rane, a former MNS leader.
Fadnavis' announcement comes at a time when a section of the BJP in Kalyan has raised objections against fielding sitting Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde.After his name was formally announced, Shrikant Shinde took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Varun Sardesai, asking where these leaders have gone now, pointing to their statements that they would contest from Kalyan.
He expressed confidence of victory by a record margin.
"There is no opposition from the BJP. Shrikant Shinde will be the Shiv Sena and Mahayuti candidate from Kalyan. The BJP will stand with him with full strength and all the Mahayuti members will ensure his victory," Fadnavis told reporters in Nagpur.He was responding to a question on whether the delay in declaring the candidate from Kalyan was due to BJP's opposition to Shrikant Shinde's candidature.
In the 2019 elections, Shinde junior, who contested as a Shiv Sena (undivided candidate), had secured 5,59,723 votes against his Nationalist Congress Party (undivided) rival Babaji Balram Patil, who got 2,15,380 votes. Were.
Darekar-Rane had contested the 2009 elections from Kalyan as a Maharashtra Navnirma Sena candidate.The rising tension between Shinde and BJP-led Shiv Sena workers turned violent earlier this year when BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad shot and injured a local Sena leader in Kalyan over a land dispute.
A doctor by qualification, Shrikant Shinde was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Kalyan in 2014 and again in 2019.However, the local BJP cadre is demanding that the constituency be allotted to the party in the Mahayuti seat-sharing agreement, arguing that three of the six assembly constituencies have BJP MLAs. The remaining three seats have one MLA each from Shiv Sena, MNS and NCP (SP).
