Thane, October 21: Raj Thackeray-led MNS on Monday announced the candidature of Avinash Jadhav and Raju Patil from Thane and Kalyan Rural constituencies, respectively, for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections.

Thackeray declared the names of the contestants at a function where he inaugurated the MNS election campaign office on the Kalyan Shilphata Road in Thane district. Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: From Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur South West and Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Kamthi to Girish Mahajan in Jamner, List of Key BJP Candidates and Constituencies.

The MNS had declared to go solo at the hustings without joining ruling or opposition alliances. "I will oversee the filing of nomination papers for Jadhav and Patil on October 24," the MNS chief said. MNS had won one seat each in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

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