D Fadnavis Among Heavyweights In BJP's 1st Maharashtra Candidates List
NDTV
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is among the heavyweight names in the BJP's first list of candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls. The list, which was announced this afternoon, has 99 names. Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats and the BJP is contesting 151 of them. The remaining seats are being contested by the BJP's allies Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.
Mr Fadnavis is contesting from Nagpur West Assembly seat, which he has represented since 2009. Nagpur is a BJP stronghold and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari represents the parliamentary seat in Lok Sabha. Of the six Assembly segments part of the Lok Sabha constituency, four are held by the BJP.
Among the other heavyweights, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule is contesting from Kamthi, also in Nagpur district. Incumbent state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has been fielded from Ballarpur seat and Union Minister Raosaheb Danve's son Santosh is the BJP candidate in Bhokardan.
