Uddhav Thackeray set to be elected unopposed to Maharashtra legislature

Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, May 13

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray along with eight others in the fray for elections to the state legislative council are all set to be elected to the upper house unopposed on Thursday.

Four of the 14 nominations filed for nine seats were withdrawn while the fifth was rejected on technical grounds leaving just nine candidates for nine seats.

The last date for withdrawal of nominations is Thursday after which all the nine candidates would be declared elected.

While the Shiv Sena has fielded Thackeray and Deputy Chairperson of the Legislative Council Neelam Gorhe, the NCP nominated Amol Mitkari and Shashikant Shinde while the Congress has just one candidate, Rajesh Rathod.

The BJP will have four candidates elected, Ramesh Karad, Gopichand Padalkar, Pravin Datke and Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil.