The Uddhav Thackeray-led party has also fielded Vinod Ghosalkar, father of Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar who was shot dead in February, from Dahisar constituency, and Bhairulal Jain from Malabar Hill. The party's sitting MLA Rutuja Latke has been renominated from Andheri East seat. From Kurla, Uddhav Sena has nominated Pravin Morazkar.
Notably, Mumbai has a total of 36 assembly segments. The polling for the 288 seats of the Maharashtra Assembly will be held on November 20. The counting of the votes and declaration of the results will be on November 23. The multiparty contest in the state will be bipolar as the major parties have formed two alliances. The ruling Mahayuti comprising of, the BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP, is contesting to retain power against Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP.
(With PTI Inputs)
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