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Mumbai: Congress on Sunday issued a fresh list of 14 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections including two replacements.
With the latest list, Congress, a constituency of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, has so far declared 99 candidates.
Congress replaced party leader Sachin Sawant from the Andheri (west) constituency in Mumbai and named former MLA Ashok Jadhav in the former's place. Lahu Shewale has been fielded in place of Madhukar Deshmukh from the Aurangabad east seat.
Among other candidates, Congress fielded Pravin Kakade from Warora in Chandrapur district. In recent Lok Sabha polls, Warora MLA Pratibha Dhanorkar of Congress was elected as an MP from the Chandrapur constituency.
Sanjay Meshram has been fielded from Umred seat where Congress MLA Raju Parve quit the party to contest Ramtek Lok Sabha elections on Shiv Sena ticket.
Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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