The BJP has fielded Union minister Piyush Goyal, in addition to its senior leaders Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections to 6 seats from Maharashtra.
The BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats by itself. The Congress, the Shiv Sena and the NCP can win one seat every on their very own and can collectively have surplus votes to win one other seat. The Shiv Sena is banking on these surplus votes to win its second seat.
With the BJP fielding three candidates and the MVA fielding 4, there might be a good combat for the sixth seat.
The Congress and the NCP have determined to subject one candidate every, leaving the grand previous occasion with simply two further votes and the Sharad Pawar-led occasion with 12. The Congress has nominated Imran Pratapgarhi whereas the NCP’s choose is senior chief Praful Patel.
The Shiv Sena, which has fielded two candidates — Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar — has 56 members within the House and would require 26 extra votes to ship its second candidate to the Upper House.
While Goyal’s renomination for the Upper House was on anticipated strains, the candidatures of Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik have come as a shock.
The Indian Express quoted sources within the BJP saying that Mahadik has been fielded to provide robust competitors to Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay Pawar.
Mahadik, who hails from Kolhapur, is taken into account in style and resourceful. The BJP believes he’ll give a troublesome combat to Sena’s Pawar although. The latter can be from Kolhapur.
The elections for the six Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra will happen on June 10. The final date for submitting nominations is May 30.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”
