Maharashtra’s single-phase meeting elections noticed polling start at 7 am.
Mumbai:
Zeeshan Siddique, the NCP candidate from Bandra East, voted in the present day within the Maharashtra Meeting elections and stated that it was the primary time he got here to a polling sales space with out his father Baba Siddique. Mr Siddique, a outstanding NCP chief and former minister, was gunned down on October 12 close to his son’s workplace by attackers allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
“For the primary time, I’ve come alone to vote. My father is not any extra. That is completely different however this must be performed. I do know that my father is with me. I began my day by visiting the graveyard within the morning…I feel everybody should vote,” Zeeshan Siddique stated.
#WATCH | “For the primary time, I’ve come alone to vote. My father (Baba Siddiqui) is not any extra. That is completely different however this must be performed”: Zeeshan Siddique
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The 32-year-old former Congress chief faces Varun Sardesai, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray’s nephew, in a high-stakes battle in Bandra East. Zeeshan Siddique joined the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the NCP in October. Mr Siddique will defend the Bandra East seat he gained within the 2019 election when he was with the Congress.
Maharashtra’s single-phase meeting elections noticed polling start at 7 am throughout 288 constituencies, with voting set to conclude at 6 pm. Over 9.7 crore voters are registered to decide on amongst 4,136 candidates contesting this yr, marking a 28 per cent rise from 2019’s 3,239 candidates.
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance and the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are vying for management of the meeting. The Mahayuti contains the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), whereas the MVA brings collectively the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).
Key figures within the elections embody Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, contesting from Baramati in opposition to his nephew Yugendra Pawar, marking one other compelling electoral contest.