Campaign for 5 Lok Sabha Seats in Maharashtra Ends
Deccan ChronicleMumbai: The election campaign in Chandrapur, Nagpur, Ramtek, Gadchiroli-Chimur and Bhandara-Gondia ended on Wednesday. BJP’s heavyweight leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra cabinet minister Sudhir Mungtiwar among 97 candidates contesting the five seats. Senior Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar and Rohit Pawar campaigned for Kirsan, while Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Nitin Gadkari sought votes for Nete. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first poll rally in Chandrapur Lok Sabha for Mungantiwar and subsequently campaigned for the Shiv Sena candidate in Ramtek. According to the state branch of ECI, 28 candidates including 12 independent are in the fray for the Ramtek Lok Sabha seat, followed by 26 candidates including 10 independent in Nagpur, 18 candidates including 11 independent in Bhandara-Gondiya, 10 candidates including three independent in Gadchiroli-Chimur, and 15 candidates including three independent candidates from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha seat.