Fadnavis said- Problem of rebel candidates in every party: We will have to convince them, they will be asked not to contest elections; Claim- 150 rebel candidates in the fray

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis admitted that this time the number of rebel candidates in the Maharashtra Assembly is very high. This problem exists in every party. We have to convince them.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai on October 30, Fadnavis said, 'Our effort will be to persuade the rebel leaders to withdraw from the elections. When the Mahayuti Coordination Committee was announced, representatives of the three parties formed similar committees in every assembly constituency. The aim of these committees was to persuade those who were not getting tickets not to rebel. However, it seems that the committees are not working.

6 parties in the election fray, rebels on almost every seat Due to rebellion in Shiv Sena and NCP, this time six big parties including Congress and BJP are in the fray. For this reason there are more rebels. There are rebels on almost every seat in the state. According to a media report, their number is more than 150. Now everyone's eyes are on November 4, the last date for withdrawal of nominations. Only after that we will know how the fight will be. This time 7,995 candidates have filed nominations. On the last day, 4,996 filled the forms.

BJP fielded candidates on 148 seats and Congress on 103 seats.

Mahayuti and MVA did not reveal the seat sharing formula even after the nominations were over. If we look at the candidates, BJP is the largest party with 148 candidates in Mahayuti and Congress is the largest party with 103 in MVA.

Both the parties are fighting on fewer seats than in the 2019 assembly elections. Last time BJP had fielded its candidates on 164 seats while Congress had fielded its candidates on 147 seats.

Whereas, Shiv Sena-Shinde has declared its candidates on 80 seats, NCP-Ajit on 53 seats, Shiv Sena- Uddhav on 89 seats, NCP- Sharad on 87 seats. In the last elections, Shiv Sena (undivided) and NCP (undivided) had fought on 124 seats each.

Apart from all this, this time Mahayuti has left 5 seats for the allied parties. On the other hand, smaller allies of MVA are contesting on 6 seats. The situation is still not clear on 2 seats of Mahayuti and 3 seats of MVA.

Borivali- Gopal Shetty Has been MP from BJP twice. This time he did not get the ticket in the Lok Sabha elections, so he wanted to contest the assembly elections, but BJP gave the ticket to Sanjay Upadhyay.

Umred-Raju Parve Shinde is the leader of faction Shiv Sena. The party had contested the Lok Sabha elections from Ramtek, but lost. This seat went to BJP in the assembly elections. BJP has fielded Sudhir Parve.

Andheri Pre-Acknowledgment Sharma She is the wife of former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma. Shinde had joined faction Shiv Sena just a few . The party has made Murji Patel the candidate from this seat and she is contesting the elections as an independent.

Chinchwad- Nana Kate Ajit is the leader of the faction of NCP. The seat went to BJP. BJP has fielded Shankar Jagtap.

Mankhurd-Shivajinagar- Nawab Malik

Nawab is MLA from Anushakti Nagar seat. Ajit faction's NCP has given ticket to Malik's daughter Sana Malik on that seat.

The matter on this seat is very interesting. A few minutes before the end of the deadline for filing nominations, Ajit faction's NCP declared Nawab Malik as its candidate. Malik was already claiming the ticket, but BJP was opposing.

BJP had made many allegations including treason against Malik by calling him close to Dawood Ibrahim. For this reason Malik was not able to get the ticket. However, on 29 October Nawab Malik filed two papers.

After filling the form, he said, 'I filed nomination as NCP candidate. He had also filed his nomination as an independent candidate. But the party sent the AB form and we submitted the AB form at 2.55 pm. Now I am the official candidate of NCP.

BJP is still opposing the candidature of Nawab Malik. Under the agreement, this seat was given to Shinde faction. The party has given ticket to Suresh Patil from here. BJP has also supported Patil and is continuously giving statements against Malik.

BJP and Ajit's NCP face to face on Katol seat Before the split in NCP, former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had become MLA from this seat. However, when there was a split in the party, Deshmukh supported Sharad Pawar. For this reason BJP was claiming this seat. At the same time, Ajit was still considering it as the seat won by NCP. As a result, both fielded candidates. BJP has given ticket to Charan Singh Thakur while NCP has given ticket to Naresh Arsade.

A little more confusion in MVA

Pandharpur Sharad Pawar's NCP has given ticket to Anil Sawant. Whereas, Congress has fielded Bhagirath Bhalke. Bhagirath is the son of late Congress MLA Bharat Bhalke. After the death of Bharat Bhalke, Bhagirath contested the by-election from NCP, but lost. This time, when he did not get the ticket, he joined Congress and the party gave him the ticket against its ally Sharad group's NCP.