Maharashtra Polls: NCP doesn’t return the favour Shiv Sena had done for Supriya Sule
Mumbai, Oct 04: In a late-night development, the NCP decided to field a candidate from the Worli constituency where Aditya Thackeray is contesting the elections from.
This is an indicator that politics has come a long way in Maharashtra. Back in 2006, when NCP leader, Sharad Pawar's daughter was contesting her first election Rajya Sabha elections, Balasaheb Thackeray had said that he would not be fielding a candidate against her. I am proud that the daughter of Maharashtra would be going to Delhi, he had famously said.
Now, the NCP has fielded Suresh Mane from Worli from where Aditya would be contesting his first election. Aditya is also the first Thackeray to contest an election. It was perceived that the NCP would return the favour that the Shiv Sena had done for Supriya Sule and not field a candidate against Aditya.
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The Shiv Sena, however, is not perturbed by this development and says that Aditya will win hands down. Another reason why the Shiv Sena is not worried is because they have Sachin Ahir in their fold. Ahir was former with the NCP and was always a tough competition for the Shiv Sena. Moreover, the Shiv Sena decided to field Aditya from Worli because it is considered to be the safest seat for the party.
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Meanwhile,
Aditya
Thackeray
filed
his
nominations
from
the
Worli
assembly
constituency
for
the
Maharashtra
polls
that
is
being
held
on
October
21.
In
his
poll
affidavit,
he
has
declared
seven
immobile
properties
worth
Rs
4.67
crore.
His
total
assets
are
valued
at
Rs
16.05
crore.
He
says
that
five
of
them
were
gifted
by
his
father,
Udhav
Thackeray
in
2013.
The
other
was
gifted
by
his
mother
Rashmi
last
month.
He has further declared agriculture land worth Rs 77.66 lakh in Raigad district. A shop measuring 1,250 sq ft in Kalyan worth Rs 89.40 lakh is also part of the poll affidavit.
He
has
also
declared
shop
measuring
1,960
square
feet
worth
Rs
3
crore
located
at
Thane.
Further,
he
says
that
he
has
BMW
car
registered
in
2010
and
purchased
in
2019
worth
Rs
6.5
lakh.
He
also
says
that
he
does
not
have
any
court
cases
pending
and
neither
has
been
convicted
in
any
case.