Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar.
Credit: PTI Photo
Mumbai: The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi on Wednesday announced the second list of candidates involving 10 Muslim contestants for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.
The nominees are: Ayaz Gulzar Molvi (Kalyan West in Thane), Mohammed Jaweed Ishaq (Aurangabad Central in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Alauddin Hyatchand Kazi (Sangli), Syed Sami Sahebjan (Parbhani) and Arif Patel (Shirol in Kolhapur), Mohammed Afroz Mulla (Hadapsar in Pune), Shahejad Salim Khan (Malkapur in Buldhana), Khatib Natiqudin (Balapur, in Akola), Sayyad Nabi Sayyad (Gangapur in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), and Imtiyaz Jafar Nadaf (Man, in Satara).
This is the second list announced by the VBA.
On September 21, it declared the first list of 11 candidates including a transgender Shamibha Patil for the Raver (Jalgaon) assembly seat, besides two women and a Muslim candidate.