Mumbai: Party won't contest Andheri East Assembly bypoll, says BJP; its candidate to withdraw nomination

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction has fielded Ramesh Latke's wife Rutuja Latke in the byelection

On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Maharashtra party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced that they will not contest the Andheri East bypoll election on November 3.

"The BJP has decided not to contest the Andheri East bypoll. Murji Patel, who had filed the nomination from the BJP, will now withdraw it. We could have otherwise won the election," Bawankule.

"The BJP had previously also not contested some of the bypolls," he added.

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The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction has fielded Ramesh Latke's wife Rutuja Latke in the byelection.

On Sunday, MNS leader Raj Thackeray had written a letter to Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CM and a BJP senior leader requesting withdrawal of its candidate.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday sought the unopposed election of Rutuja Latke in the bypoll.

(with inputs from PTI)

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