Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. (File Picture: X)
Sources point out that NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal might contest Lok Sabha election from Nasik if NCP will get the seat.
Ajit Pawar-led NCP is more likely to get the Nasik Lok Sabha seat in change for Satara. Sources say that Pawar has been bargaining with the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) to present the seat to the NCP. Sources point out that get together MLA Chhagan Bhujbal might contest Lok Sabha election from Nasik if NCP will get the seat. In a present of energy, Bhujbal supporters gathered in massive numbers in Pune whereas Ajit Pawar had known as a gathering of his get together employees. Occasion sources say that the ultimate name on the Nasik seat will likely be taken within the Mahayuti assembly, possible on Thursday.
Shiv Sena UB chief Uddhav Thackeray has given the Nasik Lok Sabha ticket to Rajabhau Waje whereas talks are nonetheless underway within the Mahayuti with Shiv Sena and NCP each claiming on this seat. Together with Chhagan Bhujbal, names like former MP Devidas Pingle and Manikrao Kokate have additionally been mentioned for the Nasik seat over the past three days at NCP conferences. Sources say that just a few leaders from the get together have additionally urged Ajit Pawar to announce a recent Maratha face from Nasik to draw the Maratha group’s votes. After a lot deliberation, get together members have given all rights to finalise the candidates for Lok Sabha polls to Ajit Pawar.
Nevertheless, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is adamant about not leaving their incumbent Nasik seat. Final week, Shiv Sena MP Shirkant Shinde introduced that Hemant Godse will once more contest from the Nasik seat. However BJP and NCP had objected to his announcement. The BJP additionally despatched senior chief Girish Mahajan to Nasik to take inventory of the state of affairs.
Sources within the Mahayuti alliance have knowledgeable that if the NCP agrees to depart Satara Lok Sabha seat, the BJP might assist them get the Nasik seat by convincing Eknath Shinde. Nevertheless, the query stays as as to if Eknath Shinde will give away the Nasik seat to NCP.
Sources say that BJP Rajya Sabha MP Udayanraje Bhosale needs to contest the Satara Lok Sabha seat, which he had represented until 2019 as NCP candidate. For the previous few weeks, he has been stationed in Delhi to get this seat.
A supply throughout the Shiv Sena indicated that leaders of the get together will not be proud of the way in which the BJP is reducing the tickets of incumbent MPs. They’re additionally anxious that if the state of affairs stays the identical until Maharashtra Meeting Elections 2024, many incumbent MLAs can even not get tickets. The supply additional stated that MPs and MLAs have knowledgeable the Shiv Sena management of this and have requested them to lift the difficulty in Mahayuti conferences. Sena leaders are additionally of the opinion that Mahayuti management ought to think about the bottom studies of native leaders as a substitute of sticking to surveys performed by the BJP.
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