Maharashtra polls: Shiv Sena interviews candidates for all 288 seats
Amidst the seat-sharing talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena, SS is conducting interviews of aspiring candidates for all 288 Assembly seats for the upcoming election in Maharashtra.
Sena functionaries said the alliance is on track, but the exercise is a show of “strength” as the Sena wants to be prepared for any “eventuality”.
Candidates for seats in Pune, Satara and Sangli were interviewed on Tuesday, while candidates for Kolhapur, Solapur will be screened on Wednesday.
Interviews of aspiring candidates for seats in Vidarbha, Marathwada, north Maharashtra and Konkan will carried out between September 13 and September 20.
Another party functionary added the interviewer’s panels, which has Sena leaders, women-wing leaders, and Yuva Sena functionaries, screen candidates on their record, work carried out, ability to win, coordination with cadre, etc. ALSO READ: Two Leaders of Congress and NCP Joins BJP