Following the Congress’ Central Election Committee meeting on March 20 to finalize candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra unit party president Nana Patole announced the selection of candidates for 12 seats. He further disclosed plans for a meeting on March 21 with Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar to finalize the remaining seats.
It is reported that Praniti Shinde is likely to contest from Solapur, previously represented by her father and veteran party leader Sushil Kumar Shinde. Additionally, Sahu Maharaj is expected to be the candidate from Kolhapur.
However, the formal seat-sharing formula between the Congress party and its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners, including the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is yet to be announced. A meeting among the MVA parties is scheduled for March 21, following which the third list of Congress candidates is anticipated to be released.
