As per report uddhav Thackeray's party shiv sena (UBT) released the first list of candidates for 65 seats for the maharashtra Assembly elections on wednesday (23 October). In this list, the party has given ticket to Kedar Dighe on Kopri-Panchpakhadi seat of Thane. This is a hot seat of maharashtra because cm Eknath Shinde is contesting from here. Kedar Dighe is a relative of late leader anand Dighe. anand Dighe is considered to be Shinde's political guru. When cm Eknath Shinde's party shiv sena released its list of candidates on tuesday (22 October), it was written, "With the blessings of Hindu Hriday Samrat respected shiv sena chief bala Saheb thackeray and respected anand Dighe sahab, shiv sena releases the list of candidates for maharashtra Assembly elections 2024."
Meanwhile it was under the guidance of anand Dighe that Eknath Shinde strengthened his political hold in the undivided Shiv Sena. anand Dighe was one of the strong leaders among the early leaders of Shiv Sena. bal thackeray entrusted him with the responsibility of strengthening the party in thane and he succeeded in that. Now uddhav thackeray has made a big move by fielding Dighe's relative against cm Shinde.
Moreover there are many more prominent names in the first list of shiv sena (UBT). Uddhav's son aditya thackeray has been made the candidate from Worli. Rajan Vichare has been given ticket from Thane. varun Sardesai has been made the candidate from Bandra east against baba Siddiqui's son Zeeshan Siddiqui. 14 current MLAs have been given tickets in the first list. sameer Desai, Mahesh Sawant, sameer Desai and Raju Shinde are the names who have entered the fray for the first time. The party has given candidates on 13 seats in Mumbai.
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