Mumbai: The Congress party on Sunday announced its fourth list of candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, which includes 14 names for the 288-member assembly. The announcement was made by Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal. It is to be noted that there have been changes in the candidates for Andheri West and Aurangabad, with Sachin Sawant’s candidature being withdrawn. Ashok Jadhav will now contest from Andheri West.
In total, Congress has declared 14 candidates in this fourth list, following three earlier announcements. Among the new candidates are Bhagirath Bhalke for Pandharpur, Anil Shinde for Amalner, Sanjay Meshram for Umred and Ramdas Masra for Armari.
Congress names candidates for key seats
Congress initially announced 48 candidates in its first list, followed by 23 in the second and 16 in the third. Now, the party has revealed a fourth list of 14 candidates. Notably, Dilip Mane has been named the candidate for the Solapur South seat, a position also declared by Shiv Sena.
Bhagirath Bhalke will contest from the Pandharpur-Mangalvedha seat. While he had previously filed his nomination as an independent, Congress has now officially announced his candidature. Additionally, changes have been made to the candidates for the Andheri West and Aurangabad East seats in this latest list.
Congress and Thackeray faction face Off in Solapur South
Dilip Mane will represent Congress in the Solapur South Assembly constituency, where the Thackeray faction has already put forward Amar Patil as its candidate from Mahavikas Aghadi. Amar Patil is set to file his nomination papers on Monday, raising questions about the official candidate for Mahavikas Aghadi in this constituency. It remains to be seen whether there will be a friendly contest between Congress and the Thackeray faction in Solapur South or if the Thackeray faction will choose to withdraw its candidate.
