A fierce battle has erupted in maharashtra over the contesting of nawab malik, leader of maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's faction. bjp is openly opposing his candidature. Meanwhile, former minister nawab malik said that the way I have been made a candidate despite all the opposition, we feel that they have taken a well-thought-out decision. I express my gratitude to them.
ncp leader nawab malik said in an exclusive conversation with news agency PTI, "They (BJP) will not campaign, they will protest. Kirit Somaiya (BJP leader) has said that he will campaign for the shiv sena candidate. This was expected. Where I am contesting, bjp was behind by 90 thousand votes. When ncp asked for that seat, they left that seat in a jiffy. When the matter of my candidature came up, the protest started.''
We expected that there would be protest - Nawab Malik
nawab malik, candidate from Mankhurd-Shivaji nagar assembly constituency, said, ''We expected that there would be opposition to me. Shinde sahab's party will oppose. Still, we will contest the elections. I express my gratitude to Dada (Ajit Pawar). My contest is going to be nawab malik versus everyone.''
What did devendra fadnavis say?
Today (Wednesday, october 30), bjp leader and deputy chief minister devendra fadnavis said about nawab malik that we had clearly told ncp in the beginning that you should not give ticket to Nawab Malik. He said in ABP News' special program Shikhar Sammelan that in the alliance, bjp will not do his (Nawab Malik's) work (campaigning). Eknath Shinde's shiv sena also has a candidate there. If there is a shiv sena candidate, then we will do their work only. Let us tell you that bjp has been accusing nawab malik of having links with Dawood Ibrahim. nawab malik has also been arrested in this case.
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