The Maharashtra Assembly elections have taken a dramatic turn as three major rebel candidates from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance refused to withdraw their nominations ahead of the polls. Despite efforts from Congress to convince them to pull out, the rebel leaders stood firm, setti
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has announced on Monday that his candidates will not be contesting in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election, appealing to all his candidates to withdraw their nominations.
"There will be no rebel (candidates) from BJP or Mahayuti. We will contest elections together. Mahayuti will get a bigger mandate than in 2019 and form government. Those who did not get tickets should withdraw their nominations," Mahajan told ANI.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said every party has rebel candidates and the party is trying to convince most of the rebels and help them withdraw their nominations.
Growing resentment among Congress leaders in Pune, Maharashtra, after being missed out in ticket distributions ahead of the assembly polls has prompted three senior leaders--Aba Bagul, Kamal Vyavhare, and Manish Anand--to file their nominations as independent candidates for key seats in t
A total of 4,426 nomination papers of 3,259 candidates have been filed till 28 October for the elections in 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, informed the Chief Election Officer's office.
In a post on X, he said, "Samajwadi Party does not want the secular votes to be divided in Maharashtra. SP is still waiting for the response of Maha Vikas Aghadi."
Congress leader Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that "wrong propaganda" was spread that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was kept outside while Priyanka Gandhi was filing her nominations for Wayanad by-polls.
After the nomination, CM Yadav told reporters, "Today, BJP candidate Ramkant Bhargav filed his papers for the Budhi assembly bypoll. The nominations filed here today show that there is a wave of BJP winning with a huge majority. I am happy that not a single house would have been left which h