Names of Mahayuti alliance nominees will be declared on Mar 28: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said that the remaining candidates of the Mahayuti alliance also comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde will be declared on March 28 reported the PTIAjit Pawar also declared the candidature of sitting MP Sunil Tatkare from the Raigad constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024The BJP has so far declared candidates for 23 seats in Maharashtra However allies Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawarled NCP have not yet officially declared their nominees as per the PTISpeaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of NCP MLAs in Maharashtras Pune Ajit Pawar also hinted that his wife Sunetra Pawar would be fielded from the Baramati constituencyOur 99 per cent work on sharing of seats is completed Names of the remaining candidates of Mahayuti will be declared in a joint press conference to be addressed by the chief minister Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis and myself he said as per the PTISunil Tatkare is the state president of NCP led by Ajit Pawar He won the 2019 elections from Raigad as a nominee of NCP undividedAjit Pawar also said that Shiv Sena leader Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil who was a part of the NCP undivided 20 years ago will be inducted into the NCP led by him on Tuesday the news agency reportedSpeculation is rife that Adhalrao Patill will be fielded from the Shirur Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district against sitting MP Amol Kolhe a loyalist of Sharad PawarMPs and MLAs have been assigned the responsibility of their respective constituencies to ensure that everybody works unitedly for Mahayuti Ajit Pawar saidHe also informed that NCP leader and state minister Dhananjay Munde will be the incharge of the NCP campaign in MaharashtraWhen asked who will contest from the Baramati constituency he said the suspense will be lifted on March 28We will announce the names of Mahayuti candidates on March 28 but I can assure you that whatever name is in your mind the same person will be given a ticket the NCP leader quipped the PTI reported on TuesdayAjit Pawars wife Sunetra Pawar is the likely candidate of NCP from Baramati who will square off against sitting MP and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar state unit president Supriya SuleAjit Pawar evaded a direct reply to a query on the number of seats the NCP will contest from Maharashtra which will vote in five phases starting April 19 according to the PTIOut of the total 48 seats in the state the BJP has MPs in 23 constituencies Shiv Sena undivided had 18 sitting MPs but some of them are with Shiv Sena UBT We NCP have also sought a good number of seats and the picture will be clear on March 28 he added the news agency reportedNotably overlapping claims on certain seats by constituent parties from the Mahayuti alliance as well as the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA have delayed the formal announcement of respective seatsharing formulaswith PTI inputs