Congress names candidates for 3 Maharashtra MLC seats
The Congress party has announced its candidates for three Maharashtra Legislative Council seats ahead of the October 23 biennial polls. The party is coordinating with its MVA alliance partners to contest graduate and teacher constituencies.
Why it matters
These elections are significant for political maneuvering and influence within the Maharashtra state legislature.
The Congress announced its candidates for three constituencies for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council election. Biennal polls for the five vacant seats -- three Graduate (Aurangabad, Pune, and Nagpur) and two Teacher (Amravati and Pune) -- are scheduled for October 23.
The party, in a release on Friday, named candidates for one Graduate and two Teacher seats. The party renominated MLC Abhijit Wanjari for the Nagpur Division Graduates’ seat, and member Jayant Dinkar Asagaonkar for the Pune Division Teachers’ seat. Newcomer Aditi Pohare has been fieldd from the Amravati seat.
The date for filing nominations is October 6, and the date for withdrawal is October 9.
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