NCP releases first list of 37 candidates for BMC elections 2026

The Ajit Pawarled NCP on Sunday announced its first list of 37 candidates for the January 15 elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC which consists of 227 wardsNotably three family members of former minister and the partyrsquos incharge for the BMC elections 2026 Nawab Malik have been given tickets They include Malikrsquos brother Abdul Rashid Kaptan Malik his sister Saeeda Khan and Abdul Rashid Kaptan Malikrsquos daughterinlaw Bushra MalikThe list features a blend of experienced leaders and new faces Among the prominent candidates is Dhananjay Dada Pisal who has been fielded from Ward 111 Pisal quit the Sharad Pawarled NCP earlier in the day and joined the NCPWith the release of its first list of candidates the NCP has decided to go solo The second list of candidates for the BMC elections 2026 is expected soonNCPs first list1 Manish Dubey Ward No 32 Cyril Peter DrsquoSouza Ward No 483 Ahmed Khan Ward No 624 Baban Ramchandra Madne Ward No 765 Subhash Janardan Patade Ward No 866 Sachin Tambe Ward No 937 Mrs Ayesha Shams Khan Ward No 968 Sajju Malik Ward No 1099 Shobha Ratnakar Jadhav Ward No 11310 Harishchandra Babaling Jangam Ward No 12511 Akshay Mohan Pawar Ward No 13512 Jyoti Devidas Sadavarte Ward No 14013 Rachana Ravindra Gavas Ward No 14314 Bhagyashree Rajesh Kedare Ward No 14615 Somu Chandu Pawar Ward No 14816 Abdul Rashid Captain Malik Ward No 16517 Chandan Dhondiram Patekar Ward No 16918 Disha Amit More Ward No 17119 Sabia Aslam Merchant Ward No 22420 Vilas Dagadu Ghule Ward No 4021 Ajay Vichare Ward No 5722 Hadiya Faizal Qureshi Ward No 6423 Mamta Dharmendra Thakur Ward No 7724 Yusuf Abubakar Memon Ward No 9225 Amit Ankush Patil Ward No 9526 Dhananjay Pisal Ward No 11127 Pratiksha Raju Ghuge Ward No 12628 Nagaratna Bankar Ward No 13929 Chandni Srivastava Ward No 14230 Dilip Harishchandra Patil Ward No 14431 Ankita Sandeep Drave Ward No 14732 Laxman Gaikwad Ward No 15233 Dr Saeeda Khan Ward No 16834 Bushra Parveen Malik Ward No 17035 Vasanthi Murugesh Devendra Ward No 17536 Kiran Ravindra Shinde Ward No 22237 Mrs Fareen Khan Ward No 197The candidates represent diverse castes and communities including Maratha OBC Muslim Christian Scheduled Castes and women in line with the partyrsquos ideology inspired by the progressive thoughts of Shivaji Phule Shahu and AmbedkarThe development comes amid a complex seatsharing situation within the ruling Mahayuti alliance where the BJP and the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena remain dominant players The NCP has not found a place in the Mahayuti so far despite Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare holding meetings with the BJPrsquos BMC election incharge and state IT Minister Ashish ShelarThe BJP has repeatedly stated that it would not ally with the NCP citing the fact that the partyrsquos election management committee is headed by former minister Nawab Malik who is currently out on bail in a money laundering caseWith the release of its first list of candidates the NCP has decided to go solo instead of waiting further for seatsharing talks with the BJPThe party has announced that it will begin distributing lsquoAB Formsrsquo official party nomination letters to the announced candidates from Monday December 30 is the last date for filing nominations while polling is scheduled for January 15Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra including the cashrich BMC are scheduled for January 15 and votes will be counted the next day The last date for filing nominations is December 30