Maharashtra Elections 2024: Congress helpless in Kolhapur as Madhurima Raje pulls out

The end of the process to withdraw nominations for Maharashtra assembly polls on Monday left the Congress in despair in Kolhapur North seat after its candidate Madhurima Raje Chhatrapati withdrewIn Kolhapur a visually upset Satej Patil expressed dismay at Madhurima Raje Chhatrapati pulling out of the race which left the Congress without representation in one of its western Maharashtra strongholdsMadhurima Raje Chhatrapati PicX InayasabaThe setback comes after the Congress changed its earlier candidate in the seat excorporator Rajesh Latkar and nominated her after a party office was vandalised by those opposed to the former Madhurima Raje Chhatrapati is the daughterinlaw of Kolhapur Lok Sabha MP and royal family member Shahu Chhatrapati Sources said she may have pulled out of the race due to the negative publicity over the snub to LatkarThey added the Congress is likely to support Latkar who is contesting as an independent Shiv Sena candidates Rajashri Aherrao from Deolali and Dhanraj Mahale from Dindori District Nashik who hit the headlines after their AB forms essential poll documents from the party were ferried on special aircraft also withdrew their nominationsExcorporator Rajesh Latkar whose nomination Congress had to withdraw after those opposed to his candidature vandalised the party office PicXSarkarnamaNewsThe two were fielded by the Shindeled Sena despite the seats being officially allotted to ally Ajit Pawarled NCP as part of the Mahayutirsquos seat sharing agreementVoting will take place in 288 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in a single phase on November 20In Latur 87 withdrawalsAs many as 87 candidates withdrew their nomination in six assembly constituencies in Maharastrarsquos Latur district on Monday leaving 106 candidates in the state poll fray an official saidIn Nilanga former chief minister Dr Shivajirao Patil Nilangekarrsquos son and Congressrsquo state secretary Ashok Patil Nilangekar who had decided to contest as independent withdrew his nomination while BJP rebel Vishwajeet Gaikwad exited the contest in Udgir in relief to Mahayuti candidate NCPrsquos Sanjay BansodeEleven out of the 34 candidates have stepped back in Latur city 19 in Latur Rural 22 in Ahmedpur nine each in Udgir reserved and Nilanga and 17 in Ausa the official saidIn Ausa Shiv Sena UBT leader Santosh Somwanshi who joined the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and filed his nomination withdrew from the fray Monday was the last day to withdraw nomination for the November 20 elections Votes will be counted on November 23District collector and election officer Varsha ThakurGhuge said there are 2143 polling stations in all six constituencies including 40 new ones The district has registered 76000 new voters Of the 2045591 voters 1065915 are male and 976767 are female she saidPune sees 179 withdrawalsA total of 303 candidates are in the fray in 21 assembly seats in Pune district after 179 candidates withdrew nominations on the last of the process on Monday an official saidMaharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20 while results will be declared on November 23 ldquoA total of 482 candidates had submitted nomination forms Of these 179 withdrew leaving 303 in the frayrdquo a district poll official said288Total No of assembly seats in stateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever