Maha BJP to field candidate for MLC polls to Konkan teachers' constitueny

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Monday announced that it will field its own candidate for the upcoming election of the Maharashtra Legislative Councils teachers constituency of Konkan divisionThe term of five MLCs including two from graduates and three from teachers constituencies will end on February 7 and elections for the same will be held on January 30Speaking to reporters here the BJPs state unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said Dnyaneshwar Mhatre will be the BJPs official candidate in Konkan teachers constituency The BJP will give him the AB form required at the time of nominationThe Eknath ShindeDevendra Fadnavis government will finalise its candidates for the polls by the evening of January 11 he saidThis is for the first time that the BJP has nominated its own candidate to contest the teachers constituency election for Konkan division the partys chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye saidEarlier we used to support Shikshan Parishad an organisation of teachers It used to field its own candidates This time we have decided to field our own candidate Upadhye saidAlso Read Maharashtra industries not going anywhere natural for investment seekers to visit Mumbai Devendra FadnavisMhatres candidature has been finalised by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis he said expressing confidence that the party will win the pollsIncumbent Balaram Patil was representing the seat earlier and the BJP had supported himThere are only seven seats in the upper house where teachers cast their vote and send their representatives to the Maharashtra Legislative CouncilAccording to officials there are more than 37000 eligible voters in the Konkan division comprising Palghar Thane Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districtsThe BJP has already nominated Kiran Patil for the Marathwada graduates constituency and incumbent Dr Ranjit Patil for the Amaravati graduates constituencyIn December last year the Election Commission of India had announced of conducting the biennial elections for Nashik and Amravati divisions graduates constituencies and Aurangabad Nagpur and Konkan divisions teachers constituenciesThe last date for filing nominations form is January 12 and they will be scrutinised the next day The last date of withdrawal is January 16 Voting will take place on January 30 and counting on February 2This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever