NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s Shiv Sena on Tuesday released first list of candidates for Maharashtra assembly elections. The list included names of 45 candidates. The list was released late at night, two days after its ally in Mahayuti Bharatiya Janata Party released list of 99 candidates.
Eknath Shinde shared the list on X and wrote: “The list of official candidates of Shiv Sena Party for Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 is being announced with the blessings of ‘Hindu Hindu Empire’ honourable Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray and honorable Dharmaveer Anand Dighe Saheb.Good luck to all the candidates.”
The ruling party has re-nominated almost all the MLAs who backed Shinde when he led a revolt against the then-chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022.
Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is in Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra with the BJP and the NCP.
