Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has chose to field prospects in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. He hasactually launched a list of 28 names of “willing” prospects for 16 out of 36 assembly seats in the Mumbai rural and Mumbai City districts.
The prospects haveactually been called under the banner of Jarange’s Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM).
Can he impact elections?
Jarange’s gettingin the fray is a cause of concern for the judgment Mahayuti alliance. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)-Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) bore the impact of the Maratha appointment concern in the Lok Sabha elections as it lost 7 of the 8 in the Marathwada area.
This area has 46 Assembly seats and professionals think a comparable fate is mostlikely.
If ballot occurred along the lines of General Elections, then it would be an benefit to the Congress-Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray)-NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi, which 31 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats.
Also, Mahayuti is combating anti-incumbency.
Seats
The seats that the MKC is support prospects on are Byculla, Anushakti Nagar, Jogeshwari, Shivadi, Dindoshi, Bhandup, Chembur, Chandivali, Kalina, Ghatkopar East, Mumba Devi, Wadala, Mankhurd, Kandivali, Magathane, and Andheri East.
On the concern of Patil picking these seats, political expert Surendra Jondhale informed CNBCTV18.com, “He is now mindful of his impact in the Marathwada area, courtesy Lok Sabha election2024 Now, he is screening his impact in the city and metropolitan seats. Even if gets a minimum of 2000 votes on a seat, it