BJP drops 2-term sitting MP Poonam Mahajan; fields 26/11 counsel Ujjwal Nikam from Mumbai North Central

With Ujjwal Nikam's nomination, the suspense is finally over the BJP's candidature for the high-profile seat

April 27, 2024

With Ujjwal Nikam's nomination, the suspense is finally over the BJP's candidature for the high-profile seat

BJP replaces Poonam Mahajan with 26/11 attacks lawyer Ujjwal Nikam in Mumbai North Central

The BJP has fielded prominent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who served as the Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and several high-profile cases from the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency.

By nominating Nikam, the party has put up a new face from the seat who represents the ‘Marathi Manoos’.

The BJP has denied renomination to its two-term sitting MP Poonam Mahajan.

With Nikam’s nomination, the suspense is finally over the BJP’s candidature for the high-profile seat.

Earlier, there were talks that the BJP would field one amongst its options of – – sitting MP Poonam Mahajan, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, singer Anuradha Paudwal, and actress Madhuri Dixit.

Nikam is pitted against Congress nominee Varsha Gaikwad, whose nomination was announced on Thursday.

Some sources claimed the BJP dropped Mahajan due to an adverse poll survey on her winning prospects. Both Nikam and Gaikwad will make efforts to woo the Marathi voters who are 38 percent of the population in the Mumbai North Central region, followed by 22 percent Muslims, and 18-20 percent people from North India, among others.

North Central Mumbai comprises Vile Parle (BJP), Bandra West (BJP), Bandra East (Congress), Kalina (Shiv Sena-UBT), Chandivali (Shiv Sena), and Kurla (SC seat, Shiv Sena) Assembly segments.

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