Poonam Mahajan to contest from Ghatkopar West in Maharashtra polls
Mumbai: Issuing its first list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday gave ticket to Poonam Mahajan, the daughter of the deceased BJP leader, Pramod
Mahajan from Ghatkopar West area. In its first list of candidates for the Assembly
elections, BJP announced the names of 66 candidates of which 23 are sitting MLAs
who have been given the tickets. However, nine BJP sitting MLAs have been denied
tickets. Earlier, in the day, the Shiv Sena and BJP announced to have arrived
at a seat-sharing agreement for the October 13 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
BJP General Secretary Gopinath Munde informed media persons in Bandra that as
per the agreement, Shiv Sena would contest 169 and BJP 119 seats for the 288-member
Assembly."
