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Amid resentment on the part of Navi Mumbai BJP workers, who have been upset about a former MP not being given a ticket to contest the Thane seat, the has roped in 10 workers from every ally as coordinators for its candidate’s campaign. Meanwhile, Shinde Sena leaders have been promoting the NOTA option at Mumbra in the Kalyan constituency, where the chief minister’s son is in the fray. The campaign of Naresh Mhaske, the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) candidate for the Thane constituency, has kicked off amid resentment on the part of BJP workers in Navi Mumbai who have been upset about former MP Sanjeev Naik not being given a ticket to contest the seat.
Shiv Sena has appointed around 150 coordinators from all parties comprising the Mahayuti in Thane to help make a success. ADVERTISEMENT Shiv Sena Thane Assembly constituency head Ram Repale, said, “The team is coordinating Mhaske’s campaign. This is a regular process during the elections.
We have included 10 members from each allied party.” The team will organise campaigns and meetings and work to increase voter turnout, according to a coordinator. The coordinators have been appointed from each Assembly segment that comprises the Thane Lok Sabha constituency.
For the Kalyan Lok Sabha seat, where the chief minister’s son is its candidate, the Shiv Sena has appointed six Assembly observers as coordinators. A Sena office-bearer from Mumbai South Central, which is being contested by the party’s two-time MP Rahul Shewale, to.
