MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the list of senior leaders who will campaign for its candidates in the upcoming local self government elections in Maharashtra in 2025.
The list, released by BJP Maharashtra president Ravindra Chavan, includes 40 prominent leaders from across the state.
Top party figures such as former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, former union minister Nitin Gadkari, and Shiv Prakash ji are among those proposed to actively campaign.
Other notable names include Chandrashekar Bawankule Vinod Tawde Ashok Chavan Piyush Goyal Narayan Rane Sudhir Mungantiwar Chandrakant (Dada) Patil Raosaheb Danve Patil Adv. Ashish Shelar Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Murlidhar Mohol Smt Pankaja Munde Girish Mahajan Ganesh Naik Jaykumar Rawal Chh. Shivendra Raje Bhosale Nitesh Rane Jaykumar Gore Smt Meghna Bordikar Amar Sable Atul Save Ashok Uike Smt Chitra Wagh Smt Raksha Khadse Pravin Darekar Dr. Bhagwat Karad Gopichand Padalkar Dr. Sanjay Kute Ameet Satam Dhananjay Mahadik Adv Madhavi Naik Randhir Sawarkar Ashok Nete Mangesh Chavan Prasad Lad Mh. Idris Multani The State Election Commission last week announced that elections for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats will be held on December 2, and counting of votes will take place on December 3. The polls, to be conducted using EVMs, will elect 6,859 members and 288 council presidents.
A total of 1.7 crore eligible voters, including 53.8 lakh men, 53.2 lakh women, and 775 others, will exercise their franchise across 13,355 polling centres and 3,820 wards. Of the total seats, 3,492 are reserved for women, 895 for Scheduled Castes, 338 for Scheduled Tribes, and 1,821 for OBCs.
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