Nawab Malik is a former Maharashtra minister and a two-time MLA
Mumbai:
Nawab Malik, former Maharashtra minister and a pacesetter of NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction, filed two nomination varieties for Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Meeting seat immediately, setting off excessive drama as many questioned if a pre-poll shocker is on the playing cards.
The senior chief filed two nomination varieties, one as a candidate of NCP (Ajit Pawar) and one other as an Unbiased. The transfer sparked a buzz. Later within the day, nevertheless, Mr Malik mentioned he’s NCP’s official candidate. “Right now, I filed a nomination from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency as NCP candidate. I filed the shape as an Unbiased candidate too. However the occasion has despatched the AB kind and we submitted it at 2.55 pm. Now I’m an official candidate for NCP,” he mentioned.
“I’m very grateful to Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare. They’ve confidence in me… An enormous variety of voters will help me… I’m very assured we are going to win Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar constituency this time,” Mr Malik mentioned.
Earlier, the senior politician mentioned the occasion’s AB kind had not been submitted. “If the AB kind is submitted in time, I’ll contest as a celebration candidate. If not, I’ll struggle independently as per the individuals’s want,” he mentioned.
An AB kind is submitted by a political occasion, confirming its candidate for a selected seat.
Nawab Malik at the moment represents Anushakti Nagar seat in Mumbai. This time, Ajit Pawar’s NCP has fielded his daughter Sana Malik from this seat. Sana Malik is up towards Fahad Ahmed, who lately joined the NCP faction led by Sharad Pawar. Fahad Ahmed is the husband of actor Swara Bhasker.
Within the run-up to the November 20 election, Mr Malik had been making a pitch for a ballot move. His remarks had been broadly seen as makes an attempt to construct strain on the management to make sure he will get a ticket. Earlier, he had mentioned individuals had urged him to contest polls from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar.
“I will likely be submitting my nomination on October 29 from the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Meeting constituency. The general public has urged me to contest elections from right here. The general public could be very upset with the hooliganism and drug enterprise happening in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The general public needs change and I will likely be contesting the elections from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar and can absolutely win…I do not care who’s opposing me, the general public is supporting me,” he mentioned.
The Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat is a stronghold of Samajwadi Social gathering’s Abu Azmi, who has been successful it since 2009.
Nawab Malik faces resistance inside the Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP (Ajit Pawar).
The BJP has mentioned it’s towards his candidature. “We won’t settle for giving a ticket to somebody linked to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,” Ashish Shelar, Mumbai BJP chief, mentioned final week. “We can’t help Malik and could have a unique stand,” he added.
Mr Malik was a minister within the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities and was arrested in 2022 in an NIA case towards Dawood and his associates, together with Chhota Shakeel and Tigar Memon. He was granted bail on medical grounds in July this yr. He sided with the Ajit Pawar-led faction after the NCP break up.