2 weeks Ago By Abhishek Awasthi
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) on Sunday released its third list of nine candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra elections. The party has fielded Swara Bhasker's husband Fahad Ahmad from Anushakti Nagar. The list has a mix of experienced and fresh faces.
Some of the young faces are Siddhi Kadam from Mahol (Solapur) and Gyayak Patni from Karanja (Washim). The party has fielded Fahad Ahmad, husband of Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker from the Anushakti Nagar constituency. He will be contesting the polls against Sana Malik (Ajity Pawar NCP).
She is the daughter of NCP leader Nawab Malik. Other names on the list are Atul Wandile from Hinganghat, Rahul Kalate from Chinchwad, Mohan Jagtap from Mazalgaon and former Minister Ramesh Bang from Hingna, Ajit Gavane from Bhosari and Rajasaheb Deshmukh from Parli. The NCP-SP has far declared a total of 76 candidates.
The list was declared by NCP-SCP leader Jayant Patil. On Fahad Ahmad's candidature, he said, "Fahad Ahmad is a well-educated young Muslim youth and has worked as an activist across the country. People want us to give a chance to such leaders.
He was in the Samajwadi Party earlier but we had talks with SP and he came to our party. We gave him a ticket from our party from the Anushakti Nagar constituency." Meanwhile, Fahad thanked the NCP-SP for naming him for the assembly election.
He expressed his gratitude towards NCP chief Sharad Pawar for asking SP chief Akhilesh Yadav that they want to announce his name as a candidate from NCP-SCP. "Sharad Pawar is also a socialist leader and I am thankful to him that he has asked Akhilesh Yadav that they want to announce my name as a candidate from NCP-SCP," he said. The Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled for November 20, with counting for all 288 constituencies set for November 23.
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