Key Points
Mumbai: Leaders of the two alliances, Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi, have, in most places, convinced their respective rebel leaders to withdraw their nominations for the assembly polls..
Thirteen BJP rebels and at least six each from Eknath Shindes Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawars NCP have withdrawn their nominations..
There are 288 assembly constituencies in the state and, according to the formula arrived at by the alliances, from the Mahayuti, the BJP is contesting 152 seats, Shiv Sena 78 plus two seats that its allies are fighting, and NCP is contesting 52 seats..
In the case of Gopal Shetty, the BJP national general secretary, Vinod Tawde, flew in from Delhi and convinced the rebel leader to withdraw his ticket as an Independent contestant from the Borivali assembly seat, where Sanjay Upadhyay is the partys official candidate...
In the Deolali and Dindori constituencies, Ajit Pawar NCPs candidates were in for relief when Shindes Shiv Sena convinced their rebel leaders to take back their nominations...
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