As expected, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has fielded Zeeshan Siddique from Bandra East for the forthcoming Assembly elections. This will be Zeeshan`s second election from the same constituency, and it holds significance in the wake of his father Baba Siddique`s murder last month.

Zeeshan moved to NCP (Ajit Pawar) from Congress on Friday. His father, also a former Congress MLA, had joined the Ajit Pawar faction earlier this year. Zeeshan said Ajit Pawar and his associates were a great support to him in the aftermath of his father`s death. He accused the Congress leaders of conspiring against him while he was in distress. In MVA’s seat-sharing, Bandra East has been taken by Shiv Sena (UBT) which has announced Varun Sardesai`s nomination for it. In 2019, Zeeshan shifted from his father`s traditional seat of Bandra West to Bandra East. He beat the undivided Sena`s Vishwanath Mahadeshwar. In a fight that divided votes, Sena rebel Trupti Sawant, then sitting MLA, got over 24,000 votes.