Baba Siddiqui’s son Zeeshan received the Vandre East seat in 2019 as a Congress candidate
Mumbai:
Former Congress chief Zeeshan Siddique has slammed the social gathering after the Maha Vikas Aghadi named a candidate from Mumbai’s Vandre East seat, which he received within the 2019 state polls. The 34-year-old chief has mentioned “outdated pals” have introduced their candidate from the seat and added that “supporting was by no means of their nature”.
The Congress expelled the 32-year-old chief earlier this 12 months after he was accused of cross-voting throughout the Maharashtra legislative council election. Mr Siddique had denied the cost. The younger chief is the son of NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) chief and former Maharashtra minister Baba Sidiqqui, who was shot lifeless earlier this month.
“I heard outdated pals have introduced their candidates from Vandre East. Supporting was by no means of their nature,” he mentioned in a put up on X. “Keep relations with those that give respect, no level in surrounding your self with a crowd, now the folks will resolve.”
Within the 2019 polls, Zeeshan Siddiqui defeated the Shiv Sena’s Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, former Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Company, to win Vandre East.
The Vandre East seat has gone to Congress ally Shiv Sena (UBT) as a part of seat-sharing throughout the Maha Vikas Aghadi. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has named Varun Sardesai as its candidate. Varun Sardesai is the nephew of social gathering chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Alternatively, the Vandre East seat has gone to NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction as a part of seat-sharing throughout the BJP-led Mahayuti bloc. Whereas the NCP is but to announce its candidate, it’s more likely to discipline Zeeshan Siddiqui to profit from the sympathy wave within the aftermath of his father’s homicide.
Baba Siddiqui, 66, was shot lifeless exterior Zeeshan Siddique’s workplace in Bandra on October 12. A complete of 14 folks have been arrested and police are probing completely different angles, together with contract killing and enterprise rivalry, to ascertain what was behind the homicide. A former Maharashtra minister, Baba Siddiqui was Congress MLA from Vandre from 1999-2009. After the seat was dissolved and bifurcated, he represented Vandre West from 2009-14. Earlier this 12 months, he give up the Congress and joined the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP.