NEW DELHI: The
Mahayuti candidate
for
Thane Lok sabha seat
, former corporator and mayor –
Naresh Mhaske
, filed his nomination in the presence of
chief minister Eknath Shinde
,
BJP MLAs
Ganesh Naik, Manda Mhatre, Friday afternoon. Later, addressing the scores of supporters who joined the road show in Thane, Shinde said he was confident of Mhaske bagging the seat with a comfortable winning margin that could break all the previous records.
Incidentally, Navi Mumbai strongman Ganesh Naik along with his sons Sandeep and Sanjeev also joined Mhaske for filing the nominations.
“There is no harm in expressing your desire to contest the elections. Our main focus is to ensure our leader Narendra Modi is re-elected as the PM for the third time. I met chief minister Eknath Shinde and have assured him of full support from our side,” he told the media.
Meanwhile, a fight between two unidentified groups was reported at the fag end of the road rally which was handled by the police teams. UBT candidate Rajan Vichare and NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad questioned how such violence could be tolerated or encouraged despite the huge police presence and demanded action.
Election department officials said that as many as 43 nominations have been received from 36 candidates till May 3 evening when the deadline for filing nominations was over. Over 100 forms were collected in the last five days.
