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Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, Bhartiya Janta Party expelled its four rebels on Thursday. The four MLAs were found to be contesting against the official nominees of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the forthcoming elections.

List of expelled legislatures-

Charan Waghmare from Tumsar-Bhandara district
Geeta Jain from Mira-Bhayandar, Thane district
Balasaheb Ohwal from Pimpri-Chinchwad
Dilip Deshmukh from Ahmedpur-Latur district

It was reported that the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had issued a warning to these leaders to withdraw their names. However, the leaders did not withdraw their names until October 7. The last date to withdraw nominations was 7 October only.

The official nominations from the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance from these seats are- Pradeep Padole (Tumsar), Vinayak Patil (Ahmedpur), Narendra Mehta (Mira Bhayandar) and Laxman Jagtap (Pimpri-Chinchwad).

Maharashtra state will go to polls for 288 assembly seats on October 21. Counting of votes will be done on October 24.

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By Saurabh Parmar

Digital Journalist (Specializing in Indian affairs & Contemporary Political development)

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