Updated On: 12 April, 2024 05:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
BJP workers say sitting Mumbai North Central MP unlikely to be fielded again, leader claims cadre wants Shelar to contest seat

BJP MP Poonam Mahajan, who has been representing Mumbai North Central in Lok Sabha since 2014
While most aspirants for Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha seats have been announced, the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi have not yet decided their respective candidates for the Mumbai North Central seat, leaving the constituency’s electorate in the dark. BJP MP Poonam Mahajan, the incumbent representative, is rumoured to have been refused a ticket by her party, while the Congress, which will be contesting the seat, has not yet chosen a candidate.
A local BJP office-bearer who has been active on the ground said, “The BJP cadre in our constituency has made it evident to party observers that we won’t do well if Mahajan is given a ticket again because she has not kept promises made to the voters, be it the construction of a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj temple in Government Colony or solving the rehabilitation issue of 12,000 families on defence land in Bandra East.” BJP party workers with whom mid-day interacted also told this newspaper Mahajan is hardly seen in the constituency.