Mumbai: Congress turncoat Milind Deora filed nomination as Shiv Sena’s (Eknath Shinde faction) Rajya Sabha candidate from Maharashtra on Thursday. Deora filed his nomination on the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai within the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and different celebration leaders.
Deora earlier this yr switched from Congress severing decades-old household ties with the grand outdated celebration and joined Shiv Sena. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 2004 and 2009 however misplaced the consecutive basic elections in 2014 and 2019.
Deora, the son of late Congress veteran chief Murli Deora, stop the celebration on January 14, alleging that it had deviated from its ideological and organisational roots. Former CM and Congress defector Ashok Chavan additionally filed his nomination as BJP’s Rajya Candidate from Maharashtra on Thursday.
Ashok Chavan joined the BJP earlier this week, a day after quitting the Congress. Speaking after his nomination to the Rajya Sabha Chavan thanked PM Modi for having religion in him ” I thank PM Modi, Union HM Amit Shah, party president JP Nadda, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and other leaders. I feel that the opportunity they have given me shows the faith BJP has in me…”
Former CM Ashok Chavan stop the celebration and joined BJP earlier this month. With a collection of exits from the grand outdated celebration, it has been a serious blow to the Congress in Maharashtra. However, the Congress has mentioned that the exit of leaders is not going to have any affect on the upcoming Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elections and that the celebration will come again strongly.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Praful Patel filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls on Thursday. Speaking after submitting his nomination, Praful Patel hailed NCP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for his management and expressed confidence within the BJP-led NDA returning to energy.
“On the instructions of Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare, Dhananjay Munde, we have filed the nomination today. There is a doubt in people’s mind that my term is not over, yet people are arguing about why the nomination has been filed today. We are in politics, some things happen, you will understand the picture in the coming days. We are working under the leadership of Ajit Dada,” he mentioned.
“Under the leadership of PM Modi, once again NDA government will come in the country, it will cross 400 and Maharashtra will also get 45 seats and Maharashtra will have a big contribution in the victory of PM,” Praful Patel mentioned.
Today is the final day for submitting nomination papers for the RS polls. The Election Commission has scheduled the Rajya Sabha elections for 15 states, together with Uttar Pradesh, for February 27. Voting will happen from 9 am to 4 pm on this date, with the deadline for nominations set for February 15. The outcomes of the elections will probably be introduced on the identical day, February 27.
The Election Commission introduced the biennial Rajya Sabha polls for 56 seats, because the tenure of incumbents ends in April.Â
