Mumbai, October 28 : Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde hastoday filed his nomination from the KopriPachpakhadi Assembly constituency, for the Maharashtra assembly election.
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, MP Shrikant Shinde, MP Naresh Mhaske, MLA Pratap Sarnaik, former MLA Ravindra Phatak, CM's wife Lata Shinde, daughter-inlaw Vrishali Shinde, grandson Rudransh were present when he filed his nomination.
Notably, Tuesday is the last date for filing nominations for the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Earlier today, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar filed his nomination papers from the Baramati assembly seat.
Similarly, Ajit Pawar's nephew and grandson of Sharad Pawar, Yugendra Pawar, is contesting from the same constituency as the NCP-SP candidate.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would form the government in Maharashtra in the interest of the people.
"Our Alliance will work to resolve the issues. Issues like inflation, unemployment, various questions of farmers, women, adivasis, the poor," Sarad Pawar said.
He also criticised the Mahayuti ruling alliance for not resolving the issues of the people."We want to change the government in Maharashtra there are a lot of issues of the people of Maharashtra that are pending because that has not been resolved by the people who are in power currently. We will take all the issues in front of the people of Maharashtra and prepare them for the change in Maharashtra", he added.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled for November 20, with counting for all 288 constituencies set for November 23.
In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP won 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP secured 122 seats, the Shiv Sena 63, and the Congress 42.
