Shiv Sena announces in-charge leaders for upcoming municipal council and nagar panchayat elections

The announcement was made by Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde. File pic

For the upcoming municipal council and nagar panchayat elections, the Shiv Sena on Thursday announced the list of election in-charges. The announcement was made by the party head and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde. The party has declared in-charges for 31 districts across the state, entrusting responsibilities to Shiv Sena Ministers and Members of Parliament.

"As per Shinde's directives, meticulous planning has been undertaken to ensure that neither the Shiv Sena nor the Mahayuti (grand alliance) suffers any setbacks in the Maharashtra local body elections," a press release issued by the party stated on Thursday, adding that senior leaders have been assigned special responsibilities to strengthen the party organisation in every district.

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These in-charges have been tasked with coordinating with local workers, conveying the party's policies, development initiatives, and the Mahayuti government's "pro-people schemes" to the public. The list announced today includes ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), and legislators.

List of election in-charge leaders

• Sindhudurg: MLAs Nilesh Rane and Deepak Kesarkar

• Ratnagiri: Minister Uday Samant, former MLA Sadanand Chavan, Minister Yogesh Kadam, MLA Kiran Samant, former MLA Rajan Salvi

• Raigad: Minister Bharat Gogawale, MLA Mahendra Thorve, MLA Mahendra Dalvi

• Buldhana: Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav, MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, and former MLAs Sanjay Raymulkar and Shashikant Khedekar

• Yavatmal: Minister Sanjay Rathod, former MLAs Dushyant Chaturvedi and Vishwas Nandekar

• Washim: MLA Bhavanatai Gavli

• Akola: Former MLAs Gopikishan Bajoria, Narayanrao Gavhankar, and Viplav Bajoria

• Amravati: Abhijeet Adsul, Deputy Leader Preeti Band, former MLA Dnyaneshwar Dhane Patil, former minister Jagdish Gupta, former MLA Shashikant Deshpande

• Gadchiroli: Minister Ashish Jaiswal, Ashish Desai

• Chandrapur: Former MLAs Manohar Chandrikapure and Sahasram Korote, Harshal Shinde, Mukesh Jivatode

• Gondia: Minister Ashish Jaiswal, MLA Narendra Bhondekar

• Wardha: MLA Manisha Kayande, Raj Dixit

• Nagpur: Former Minister Dr Deepak Sawant, Kripal Tumane, Kiran Pandav

• Latur: MLAs Tanaji Sawant and Hemant Patil

• Dharsiv: Minister Pratap Sarnaik, MLA Tanaji Sawant, former MLA Dnyanraj Chougule

• Nanded: MLAs Balaji Kalyankar, Anand Bodarkar, Hemant Patil, and Baburao Kadam

• Hingoli: MLA Santosh Bangar

• Beed: MLAs Arjun Khotkar and Hikmat Udan

• Parbhani: MLA Arjun Khotkar, Deputy Leader Anandrao Jadhav

• Jalna: MLA Arjun Khotkar

• Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: MLA Sanjana Jadhav, MLA Vilas Bhumre, MLA Ramesh Boranare, MLA Abdul Sattar

• Kolhapur: Minister Prakash Abitkar, MP Dhairyashil Mane, former MP Sanjay Mandlik

• Solapur: Shahaji Bapu Patil, former MLA Siddharam Mehetre, former MLA Uttamprakash Khandare, former MLA Jaywant Rao Jagtap

• Sangli: MP Dhairyashil Mane, MLA Suhas Babar

• Satara: Minister Shambhuraj Desai, MLA Mahesh Shinde

• Pune: MP Shrirang Barne, MLA Vijay Shivtare, MLA Sharad Sonawane

• Ahilyanagar: MLA Vitthal Lange Patil, former MP Sadashiv Lokhande, MLA Amol Khatal, former MLA Bhausaheb Kamble

• Dhule: MLA Manjula Gavit

• Nandurbar: MLA Amshya Padvi, MLA Chandrakant Raghuwanshi, former MLA Girish Choudhary

• Jalgaon: Minister Gulabrao Patil, MLA Kishor Appa Patil, MLA Chandrakant Sonawane, MLA Amol Patil, MLA Chandrakant Patil, former MLA Girish Choudhary

• Nashik: MLA Suhas Kande, MLA Kishor Darade, former MLA Dhanraj Mhalse, former MP Hemant Godse, Deputy Leader Vijay Karanjkar.