
Shiv Sena (UBT) declares candidates for disputed Versova and Ghatkopar West seats in Mumbai
The Hindu
Shiv Sena (UBT) announces candidates for Maharashtra Assembly polls, including Haroon Khan and Sanjay Bhalerao for key seats.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday named Haroon Khan and Sanjay Bhalerao as its candidates for Versova and Ghatkopar West in Mumbai, the seats the Congress and NCP (SP) were also gunning for, for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party has also fielded Vinod Ghosalkar, father of Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar who was shot dead in February, from Dahisar constituency and Bhairulal Jain from Malabar Hill.
Incumbent MLA Rutuja Latke has been renominated from Andheri East. Pravin Morazkar is the party’s nominee from Kurla.
Mumbai has a total of 36 Assembly segments.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).