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CM Shinde steps in as Shiv Sena leaders clash over Mumbai Lok Sabha seat
Updated On: 14 November, 2023 08:41 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Tensions between Shiv Sena`s Eknath Shinde-led leaders, Gajanan Kirtikar and Ramdas Kadam, escalated over the Northwest Mumbai Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday, prompting Chief Minister Shinde`s intervention.
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Tensions between Shiv Sena`s Eknath Shinde-led leaders, Gajanan Kirtikar and Ramdas Kadam, escalated over the Northwest Mumbai Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday, prompting Chief Minister Shinde`s intervention. Although the constituency`s two-time MP and seasoned politician, Kirtikar wishes to run in the next Lok Sabha elections, Kadam is targeting the seat for his son, Siddhesh Kadam, according to agency reports.
According to the report, Kadam questioned Kirtikar`s sudden decision to contest after initially citing age as a factor, speculating on a plan involving Shinde to secure a ticket for Kirtikar`s son, Amol. Kirtikar retaliated by labelling Kadam a `traitor.`
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