Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Congress Releases First List; Ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan To Contest From Karad South

Congress released its first list of candidates for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls.

New Delhi:Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has been fielded by the Congress from the Karad South constituency for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls.

The Mallikarjun Kharge-led party, which is a part of the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA), released its first list of 48 candidates on Thursday. As per the seat sharing agreement, Congress will contest on 85 of the total 288 seats.

The grand old party has fielded Dr Vishwajeet Kadam from Palus-Kadegaon seat, which is a bastion of the Congress. Vishwajeet is the son of former Maharashtra Minister late Patangrao Kadam.

Leader of Opposition in outgoing Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar has been fielded by the party from Bramapuri seat, while Vikas Thakre, who unsuccessfully contested the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, will be the party's candidate from Nagpur West seat.

Senior Congress leader Dr Nitin Raut has been fielded from Nagpur North (SC) seat while Balasaheb Thorat will contest the elections from Sangamner seat in the Ahmedanagar district.

The Congress has fielded Amit Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh, from Latur City and Latur Rural seats respectively. Both Amit and Dheeraj are sons of former Maharashtra Chief Minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Ruturaj Patil has been given a ticket from Kolhapur South seat in Kolhapur district while Sangram Thopte will fight the elections as a Congress nominee from Bhor seat in the Pune district.

The Congress has once again fielded Ravindra Dhangekar from Kasba Peth constituency in Pune city. Dhangekar had won the by-poll, which was necessitated following the demise of BJP MLA Mukta Tilak.

In Mumbai, Congress has given ticket to Aslam Shaikh from Malad West seat and Dr Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad from Dharavi (SC) seat. The party has fielded senior leader Amin Patel from Mumdadevi seat and Mohd Aarif Naseem Khan from Chandivili seat.

Advocate Yashomati Thakur has been fielded from Teosa seat while Advocate KC Padavi will contest from the Akkalkuwa (ST) seat.