The Congress on Sunday introduced the candidature of Pratibha Dhanorkar for Maharashtra`s Chandrapur constituency for Lok Sabha elections 2024. Dhanorkar can have a troublesome battle because the BJP has fielded its senior chief Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur this time.
Dhanorkar (38) is the spouse of the late Suresh Dhanorkar, who was the lone Congress winner from the state within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He died in Could final 12 months.
The BJP has fielded former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur within the state`s Vidarbha area. He now represents the Ballarpur meeting constituency in Chandrapur district. Pratibha Dhanorkar is presently the MLA from Warora meeting constituency in the identical district.
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Chandrapur is among the many 5 constituencies that can go to voting within the first part of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19. The constituencies are Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia and Gadchiroli-Chimur.
With the most recent announcement, Congress has declared all 5 candidates for Part 1 polls. Whereas the BJP has up to now named Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur, Mungantiwar from Chandrapur, and within the newest checklist launched has nominated Sunil Mendhe from Bhandara-Gondia and Ashok Nete from Gadchiroli-Chimur.
In its newest Lok Sabha candidates checklist launched on Sunday, other than Dhanorkar, Congress nominated Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Murari Lal Meena. each from Rajasthan. Khachariyawas is nominated from Jaipur, after a bit of social gathering leaders objected to Sunil Sharma`s nomination. Meena is nominated from Dausa Lok Sabha constituency.
