Maharashtra MLC Polls: Voting Concludes, All 274 MLAs Cast Their Ballots
News 18Amid heavy and incessant rains in Mumbai on Friday, voting for the Maharashtra legislative council polls began signalling another Mahayuti versus MVA battle ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year. Early on Friday, NCP MLAs led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar left their hotel in a Mumbai suburb and boarded a private bus to reach the Vidhan Bhavan complex to cast their vote. The other deputy, Devendra Fadnavis, addressed BJP MLAs at a city hotel late on Thursday where chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde was also present. The BJP has fielded five candidates – Pankaja Munde, Yogesh Tilekar, Parinay Phuke, Amit Gorkhe Sadabhau Khot – and its ally Shiv Sena two – former Lok Sabha MPs Krupal Tumane and Bhavana Gawali.