India News | I Will Win Kalyan Lok Sabha Seat Again with Bigger Margin in Next Polls: Shrikant Shinde
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde on Tuesday said he will be re-elected with a bigger margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections even though some people are "dreaming" of capturing this seat.
Thane, Oct 3 (PTI) Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde on Tuesday said he will be re-elected with a bigger margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections even though some people are "dreaming" of capturing this seat.
Speaking to reporters, Shinde, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, said Thane district is the bastion of Shiv Sena and it will remain so.
"Some people are dreaming of capturing the Kalyan seat. But I will be re-elected with a very big margin," Shrikant Shinde said amid speculation that Raju Patil, the lone MLA of MNS, is keen to contest.
Interestingly, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has also staked claims to the Kalyan seat, sources said earlier in the day.
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The Shinde junior said development works to the tune of more than Rs 1,000 crore are underway in Dombivli, Kalyan, and Ambernath.
He said CM Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and the state BJP president will decide seats to be contested for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Maharashtra assembly elections.
Amid sparring between local leaders of the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP over the candidature for the Kalyan constituency, BJP leader Ravindra Chavan recently said Shrikant Shinde would be the NDA nominee for this same seat and he would emerge victorious.
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