Updated On: 23 October, 2024 05:10 PM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP all stake claims as Geeta Jain eyes re-election, she won the seat in 2019 as an Independent after failing to secure a BJP ticket, defeating BJP’s Narendra Mehta by 15,526 votes. After her victory, she supported the MVA government and later joined Shinde’s Shiv Sena

Geeta Jain. File Pic/X
All three political parties in the Mahayuti alliance took nomination forms for the Mira-Bhayandar Assembly seat on Tuesday, the first day of form distribution. The seat has not yet been allocated to any party, and all three have staked their claim by taking forms.
On Tuesday, a total of 38 nomination forms were distributed for the Mira-Bhayandar Assembly seat. “Of these, four were taken by BJP, three by Shiv Sena, and one by NCP, while nine were distributed to independent candidates,” said an Election Commission official. No party from Maharashtra Vikas Aaghadi has taken any forms yet.