258 in fray for 11 Maharashtra LS seats going to polls in third phase

As many as 258 candidates are left in the fray in the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra going to polls in the third phase on May 7 and all eyes will be on Baramati where two members of the powerful Sharad Pawar family are facing each other reported news agency PTIMonday April 22 was the last date for withdrawal of nominations for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024According to PTI report Baramati in Pune district has the highest number of candidates at 38 followed by Madha 32 Osmanabad 31 Latur 28 Hatkanangale 27 Kolhapur 23 Solapur 21 Sangli 20 Satara 16 Raigad 13 and RatnagiriSindhudurg 9 election officials saidIn Baramati Nationalist Congress Party SP candidate Supriya Sule the daughter of Sharad Pawar is pitted against her sisterinlaw and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawars wife Sunetra the nominee of the ruling NCPFor the Lok Sabha elections 2024 two royal scions are also in the fray from different seats Shahu Chhatrapati in Kolhapur as the Congress candidate and Udayanraje Bhosale in Satara as the BJP nominee Union minister Narayan Rane is contesting on a BJP ticket from SindhudurgRatnagiriCongress rebel Vishal Patil stuck to his decision to contest the Sangli Lok Sabha poll as an independent candidate after the seat was allotted to the partys ally Shiv Sena UBTMeanwhile the Nationalist Congress Party SP has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India ECI over the symbol of a trumpetlike instrument allotted to an independent candidate contesting from its stronghold Baramati in Maharashtras Pune district reported PTIThe NCP SP has claimed the ECI has allotted a trumpetlike symbol to independent candidate Shaikh Soyalshah Yunusshah and has identified it as tutariThe ECI has allotted a man blowing turha a traditional trumpet as the poll symbol for the NCP SP reported PTIThe complaint filed by Laxmikant Khabiya the poll representative of the partys candidate Supriya Sule stated that there is a similarity in both names which can cause confusion among votersKhabiya submitted the complaint to the returning officer on April 20The symbol given to the independent candidate is a trumpet In Marathi it cannot be called tutari We have requested the ECI to call the symbol trumpet instead of tutari he stated in the complaint reported PTIThe turha in the NCP SP symbol is also called tutari in Marathi It is sounded to mark the entry of important persons ranging from kings earlier to political leaders nowBaramati which will go to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 7 is the home turf of the Pawar family and Sule the daughter of Sharad Pawar is seeking a straight fourth term from the constituencyWith inputs from PTI