Sena (UBT) releases 1st list of 65 candidates, Aaditya to contest from Worli

The Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT on Wednesday released its first list of 65 candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly election 2024The party has nominated Aaditya Thackeray to contest from Worli constituency in central Mumbai from where he is the sitting MLA pictwittercomQAJ01ce7dsmdash ShivSena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray ShivSenaUBT_ October 23 2024Aaditya Thackerays cousin and Shiv Senas Yuva Sena leader Varun Sardesai would contest from Bandra East seat in the western suburbs of the cityThe party has renominated most of its MLAs who stayed with Uddhav Thackeray after the split in the Shiv Sena in 2022In Thanes KopriPanchpakhadi seat where Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is in the fray the Shiv Sena UBT fielded Kedar Dighe who is the nephew of late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe considered to be CM Shindes political mentorIn Mahim in central Mumbai Sena UBTs Mahesh Sawant will take on the Shiv Senas Sada Sarvankar and Maharashtra Navnirman Senas Amit Thackeray son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in a triangular contestThe Sena UBT fielded former MP Rajan Vichare who lost the Lok Sabha election earlier this year from the Thane city assembly seat Vichare had represented the seat from 2009 until he won the Lok Sabha polls in 2014Satyajit Patil who unsuccessfully contested from Hatkanangale Lok Sabha seat has been fielded from Shahuwadi in Kolhapur districtSome turncoats also found place in the Sena UBTs first list Former MP Unmesh Patil who joined the party after the BJP denied him a Lok Sabha ticket was fielded from Chalisgaon in Jalgaon districtMeanwhile the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA alliance of Congress the Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP SP and Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT on Wednesday announced to contest 85 seats each in Maharashtra assembly election 2024 even as deliberations to seal a final seatsharing pact are still underwayAddressing a press conference Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut said consensus has been reached on 270 out of total 288 seats for the November 20 electionsWe will include Samajwadi Party PWP CPIM CPI and AAP Discussions are still on for the remaining seats We have amicably arrived at a consensus on 270 seats MVA stands united to defeat the Mahayuti government Sanjay Raut said according to the PTIMaharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the rest of the seats will be left for smaller partiesEarlier Maharashtra Congress leaders on Wednesday met NCP SP chief Sharad Pawar to break MVA seatsharing deadlock reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the Leader of Opposition in the assembly Vijay Wadettiwar of the Congress MPCC president Nana Patole and Congress Legislature Party CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat met Sharad Pawar at YB Chavan Centre in south Mumbai as part of efforts to iron out differences among MVA constituents for the allocation of seats ahead of the November 20 polls for the 288member houseNana Patole said that the talks are still on over four to five assembly seats with competing claims and the matter will be resolved soonwith PTI inputs