Sitting Maharashtra's Hingoli MP Hemant Patil, whom the CM Ekanth Shinde-led Shiv Sena replaced with Baburao Kadam Kohalikar as the party nominee for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, said on Thursday that his candidature should not have been announced earlier, reported the PTI.

The Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, had on March 28 renominated Hemant Patil from Hingoli, which will go to polls in the second phase on April 26.