Maharashtra elections: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi announces first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender
Hindustan TimesThe Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi on Saturday announced its first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. VBA president Prakash Ambedkar, who announced the candidates at a press conference in Mumbai, said Shamibha Patil, a transgender from the Leva Patil community, will contest the Raver assembly seat in Jalgaon district. HT Image The VBA’s other candidates are: Savita Mundhe from Sindhkhed Raja, Medha Dongare from Washim, Nilesh T Vishwakarma from Dhamangaon Railway, Vinay Bhange from Nagpur South West, Avinash Nanhe from Sakoli, Farooq Ahmed from Nanded South, Shiva Narangle from Loha, Vikas Dandge from Aurangabad East, Kisan Chavan from Shevgaon, and Sangram Mane from Khanapur. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, the VBA had tried to join hands with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.