The party fields fresh faces in several seats and has strategically named candidates for disputed constituencies. MUMBAI: After hectic negotiations with Congress and NCP (SP), Shiv Sena (UBT) Wednesday evening announced its first list of 65 candidates for the assembly elections. It has renominated 14 of its 15 sitting MLAs and declared nominees for 13 seats in Mumbai, including Aaditya Thackeray from Worli and Aaditya's cousin Varun Sardesai from Bandra East.
While naming candidates for 12 seats in the broader Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the party has fielded Kedar Dighe , nephew of the late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, from Kopri-Pachpakhadi against CM Eknath Shinde who speaks of Anand Dighe as his mentor. The only sitting MLA not included in the first list is Ajay Chaudhuri from Sewri. While Varun Sardesai has been named from Bandra East though that is one of the seats on which there is a dispute with Congress, Sena (UBT has not named candidates from other disputed seats in the city like Versova, Colaba, Byculla, Ghatkopar West and Chandivli.
Some of these seats are likely to be given to Congress and NCP (SP). Uddhav Sena gives tickets to fresh faces, Sewri may get new nominee While announcing its first list for the assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) party has named candidates for certain seats on which there has been a dispute like Ramtek, where it has fielded Vishal Barbate, Nandgaon from where Ganesh Dhatrak will contest, Solapur South which Amar Patil will fight and K.
