Scramble for tickets as parties put finishing touches on lists
The Free Press Journal|October 20, 2024
WESTERN MAHARASHTRA | Congress, BJP, NCP leaders buttonhole party bosses in last-ditch effort to convince them about their fitment as candidates
Rohit Chandavarkar

Leaders and aspiring candidates from western Maharashtra are busy lobbying as political parties get ready to announce their lists of candidates.

Pune saw aspiring candidates from both factions of the NCP, the BJP as well as the Congress meet their bosses in a last ditch effort to convince them about their fitment as official candidates for the assembly polls.

The hub of 58 seats of western Maharashtra is Pune where NCP founder Sharad Pawar camped for several days in the first half of October, meeting activists and leaders, while his nephew Ajit Pawar and the BJP state leadership made several visits to the region.

The distress among farmers and the caste polarisation over Maratha reservation demand makes the opposition think they may have an advantage in western Maharashtra.

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