Nagpur, 01 June

(HS): Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday night has announced its list of

candidates for the elections to 17 seats to Maharashtra Legislative Council.

Polling in the

Local Government Authorities constituencies is scheduled for June 18. The 17

seats include by-election in Nagpur, created by election of Chandrashekhar

Bawankule to the Legislative Assembly.

The Megal-alliance

partners settled for seats distribution. BJP is contesting ten seats, while

Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) four and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) two.

Nagpur seat belonged to BJP where the party’s Dr Rajiv Potdar has been fielded.

Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli

–Arun Lakhani.

Bhandara-Gondi –

Avinash Brahmankar.

Amravati –

Pravin Pote Patil.

Sangli-Satara –

Dhairyashil Kadam.

Solapur –

Rajendra Raut.

Ahilyanagar –

Prajakt Tanpure.

Chhatrapati

Sambhajinagar-Jalna – Suhas Shirsat

Nanded – Amar Rajurkar.

Dharashiv-Latur-Beed

– Basavraj Patil.

Jalgaon –

Nandkishor Mahajan.

Nagpur (By-poll)

– Dr Rajiv Potdar

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar