After denial of ticket, Shiv Sena's Palghar MLA Shrinivas Vanga untraceable

Shiv Senas sitting MLA from Palghar Shrinivas Vanga who was upset after being denied a ticket by his party for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 has been untraceable as per his family members reported news agency PTIVangas family has so far not filed any police complaintA senior police official from Palghar on Wednesday morning said there was no update on Vangas whereabouts as of now reported PTIThe legislator has apparently been incommunicado since Monday eveningHis family members searched for him but in vain They had expressed concern over his state of mind reported PTIUpset over being denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena Vanga told reporters on Monday that he committed a grave mistake by siding with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and joining his party reported PTIVideos of Vangas emotional responses have since gone viral on social media and news channels reported PTISrinivas Vanga the son of late BJP MP Chintaman Vanga became an MLA after winning the 2019 assembly elections as a candidate of undivided Shiv Sena from the Palghar Scheduled Tribes seatAfter a split in the Shiv Sena Shrinivas Vanga supported Shinde He was hoping to get renominated from the seat by the partyHowever the Sena nominated former MP Rajendra Gavit who also sided with Shinde when he rebelled against Uddhav Thackerays leadership in June 2022Shrinivas Vanga had also described Shindes rival and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray as a dev manus Godlike man reported PTIBefore he went missing his family members expressed concern over his present state of mind and said he had not only stopped interacting with them and having food but was also crying and threatening to harm his own life reported PTIAfter learning about the situation CM Shinde had reportedly contacted Vangas wife assuring that her husband would be considered for a role as a member of the state legislative council reported PTIThe Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 to the 288member assembly will be held on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23As many as 7995 candidates have filed 10905 nominations with the Election Commission EC for the polls a statement issued by the office of the states Chief Electoral Officer CEO said on TuesdayFiling of nominations by candidates began on October 22 and the process ended on TuesdayThe verification and scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on Wednesday and the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 4 till 3 pmIn 2019 a total of 5543 nominations were received by the EC throughout the state and 3239 candidates finally contested the assembly polls that yearWith inputs from PTI