Ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024, Zeeshan Siddique, son of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique - who was shot dead earlier this month, joined the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party on Friday morning.

Soon after he joined the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, the party announced Zeeshan Siddique as its candidate from Bandra East Constituency for the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024.