Nationalists Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar faction has kept some of its sitting MLAs, including the city legislator Nawab Malik, waiting while announcing a list of 38 candidates for the Assembly elections on Wednesday. It gave poll tickets to imports from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress and also fielded some new faces. 

The party is expecting 55-60 seats in sharing with the BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde) who have also released their first list. BJP’s 99 came on Sunday night and Sena’s on Tuesday night. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has also declared 45 nominees, including the party president’s son Amit from Mahim.