Empowered by the NDA's victory in the recent Lok Sabha polls, Maharashtra Navnirman sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, a supporter the Mahayuti alliance in the states, now set his sights on making an impact in the forthvoming assembly elections.
MNS has initated talks with BJP reagarding allocation of seat for approaching assembly polls.MNS has demanded 20 assembly seats in the state od these seats in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitian region (MMR)
Among the seats sought by MNS are Worli, Dadar-Mahim, Sewree, Magathane, Dindhosi, Jogeshwari, Versova, Ghatkopar west, chembur, Thane, Bhiwandi Rural, Kalyan rural, Nasik East, Vani, Pandharpur, Aurangabad Central, and one seat in Pune.
Raj Thackeray aims to take on the Shiv Sena (UBT). Sources that MNS is likely to field Sandeep Deshpande, a trusted aide, against Aditya Thackeray, the nephew of shiv sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in the Worli assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, Nitin Sardesai from MNS is slated to contest from Dadar-Mahim and Shahlini Thackeray from Versova.
However, in the prepartion for upcoming legislative council polls scheduled for June 26, the MNS is greaing up to challenge the BJP.
The party has nominated Marathi filmmaker and party leader Abhijit Panse as their candidate from the Konka Graduates' constituency for the upcoming elections.
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