Updated On: 03 May, 2024 05:23 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
BJP`s Mumbai North Central candidate Ujjwal Nikam, Shiv Sena nominee from Mumbai North West Ravindra Waikar and actor Ajaz Khan were among the candidates who filed their nominations on Friday for Lok Sabha elections 2024. Pics/Sameer Abedi

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Actor and Bigg Boss contestant Ajaz Khan filed his nomination as an independent candidate
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The Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has nominated MLA Ravindra Waikar as its candidate from the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency

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Ravindra Waikar will take on Amol Kirtikar of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT)
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Ravindra Waikar replaces sitting Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar, father of his electoral rival

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Waikar is a three-time MLA from Jogeshwari East
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Ajaz Khan had earlier contested the Maharashtra Assembly Elections in 2019 from Mumbai’s Byculla seat as an independent candidate

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Meanwhile, BJP candidate Ujjwal Nikam has resigned as a special public prosecutor in all the cases where he was representing the state, an official communication of the Maharashtra government has said
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The BJP had earlier announced Ujjwal Nikam`s name as candidate from the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency
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