Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Congress, NCP announce more candidates; Samajwadi Party joins alliance

  • The NCP-Congress alliance in Maharashtra has been joined by several smaller parties including the Samajwadi Party to contest the upcoming assembly elections in the state. 
  • The Nationalist Congress Party also released a list of 77 seats, fielding party chief Sharad Pawar's nephew and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar from Baramati and senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal from Yeola constituency.
  • The list has another member of the Pawar family, Rohit Pawar - a grandnephew of the NCP President. Rohit will make his electoral debut from Karjat Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district.
  • The Congress also released its third list of candidates, naming 20 candidates for the upcoming polls where the alliance is facing a formidable NDA led by the BJP. 
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  • In its first list on Sunday, the Congress had named candidates for 51 seats. On Tuesday, the Congress released its second list of 52 party candidates. 

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