Mumbai. As the date of Maharashtra Assembly elections approaches, political activities have intensified. While the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is making every effort to come to power, the Mahayuti is also trying hard to remain in power. Amidst all this, rebel candidates have increased the concern of both the alliances. There is currently a lot of discussion about rebel candidates in political circles. These candidates are becoming a new challenge for both the major alliances. In such a situation, an important news has come out for Mahavikas Aghadi on Monday. Rebel Congress leader Mukhtar Sheikh from Kasba Assembly constituency in Pune has taken a big decision. He has decided to withdraw his nomination as an independent candidate and support MVA’s official candidate Ravindra Dhangekar. With this move of Mukhtar Sheikh, Mahavikas Aghadi has not only got the support of a strong candidate, but he will also get the support of Mukhtar Sheikh’s supporters.
Let us tell you that for the formation of the new government in Maharashtra, voting will be held on 288 assembly seats on November 20, while the counting of votes will take place on November 23. According to the Election Commission of India, more than one lakh polling stations will be set up for the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had earlier said that 9.63 crore voters will vote in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, of which 4.97 crore are male voters, while 4.66 crore are female voters. Apart from this, the age of 1.85 crore youth voters is between 20 to 29 years. At the same time, 20.93 lakh voters will take part in voting for the first time. 12.43 lakh voters are above 85 years of age. Along with this, the number of transgender voters is 6,031.