A day after declaring 99 candidates in its first list for Maharashtra including Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and State unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the BJP on Monday (October 20, 2024) invited developmental suggestions from various sections of society for incorporating them in the manifesto for the November 20 Assembly election.

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In the 2019 assembly elections contested with then ally Shiv Sena (undivided), the BJP bagged 105 of 164 seats where it had fielded candidates.

Out of 16 MLAs of the BJP in Mumbai, the party has renominated 14 in the first list. The BJP replaced the sitting MLA from Kalyan East in the Thane district. Check list here:

Shiv Sena UBT claims BJP is attempting to include bogus names in voter lists ahead of Maharashtra assembly elections on November 20.

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Among the prominent names are Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule. Srijaya Chavan will contest from Bhokar.

The list also includes the names of Mumbai BJP president Ashish Selar, fielded from the Vandre West seat, and senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP Narayan Rane's son Nitesh Rane, fielded from Kankavli,

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Ahead of Maharashtra's assembly polls, the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) accused the BJP of attempting to insert bogus names into voter lists across 150 constituencies. An editorial in 'Saamana' claimed this was a tactic born from fear of defeat.

She is the daughter of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who represented the constituency when he was with the Congress before switching loyalties to the BJP earlier this year.