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Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray, accompanied by his wife Rashmi and sons Aaditya and Texas, presented his nomination papers on Monday for the election of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
He becomes the second member of the Thackeray family to contest an election after his son and minister Aaditya, who contested the assembly’s polls in October 2019.
With Congress deciding to withdraw one of its candidates from upcoming Legislative Council polls on Sunday night, the nine-seat elections will be unopposed.
Thackeray will be elected to the upper house of the state legislature without elections.
The main leaders of Shiv Sena, Sanjay Raut, Subhash Desai, Eknath Shinde, among others, were also present with the CM in Vidhan Bhawan. PCN Deputy Chief Minister and Leader Ajit Pawar, PCN Jayant Patil. Congress leaders Ashok Chavan and Balasaheb Thorat were also there to lend support.
In addition to Thackeray, Shiv Sena’s Neelam Gorhe also submitted his nomination papers. Gorhe is the vice president of the Legislative Council.
On April 30, the governor closed the nomination door for Thackeray and asked the Election Commission to hold elections for nine seats to the state legislative council as soon as possible to end political uncertainty in the state.
Thackeray, who was sworn in on November 28, has until May 27 to be elected as a member of the assembly or council.
NCP’s Amol Mitkari and Shashikant Shinde also submitted their nomination documents. The only candidate for Congress, Rajesh Rathod, will present his nomination documents later in the afternoon.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already put forward four candidates, who submitted their nominations last week.
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