Maha Assembly polls: NCP's list of 77 includes Ajit Pawar, Bhujbal, Rohit Pawar
Mumbai, Oct 02: The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday released its first list of 77 candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019 on October 21.
Among
the
prominent
names,
Sharad
Pawar's
grand-nephew
Rohit
Pawar
will
make
his
electoral
debut
from
Karjat
Jamkhed
in
Ahmednagar
district
against
Ram
Shinde,
sitting
BJP
MLA
and
minister.
Ajit
Pawar,
former
deputy
chief
minister,
will
contest
from
Baramati.
Maha poll: NCP's candidate Namita Mundada joins BJP
State NCP chief Jayant Patil will contest from Islampur, and Bhujbal from Yeola. Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Dhananjay Munde, will contest from Parli.
Mumbai NCP president Nawab Malik will contest from Anushaktinagar in Mumbai. From Kej, the party has fielded Prithviraj Sathe. Earlier, it had announced Namita Mundada's candidature, but she joined the BJP.