Maharashtra elections 2024: 20 out of 36 Mumbai seats have nepo candidates

For the upcoming Assembly elections more than half of the 36 seats in Mumbai have candidates from established political families with 20 contenders hailing from influential dynasties Notably three candidates are related to the Thackeray family While the eastern suburbs have three such candidates south Mumbai sees nine and the western suburbs 8 each with ties to prominent political figuresMilind Deora Shiv Sena ndash WorliMilind Deora and Murali DeoraHis father Murli Deora was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and the longestserving president of the Mumbai Congress He served as an MP in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and was also a minister Milind Deora is known for his early entry into politics becoming one of the youngest members of parliament at the age of 27Rahul Narwekar BJP ndash ColabaRahul Narwekar and Suresh NarwekarRahulrsquos father Suresh Narwekar was a BMC corporator from the Colaba area Rahulrsquos brother Makarand Narwekar is a secondterm municipal corporator Narvekar is also the soninlaw of senior NCP leader Ramraje NaikNimbalkarAaditya Thackeray Shiv Sena UBT ndash WorliBalasaheb Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray File picGrandson of Balasaheb Thackeray and son of Uddhav Aaditya entered politics in the presence of Uddhav Thackeray at the Shivaji Park Dussehra rally and contested his first Assembly election in 2019 from Worli where he wonDr Jyoti Gaikwad Congress ndash DharaviDr Jyothi Gaikwad Eknath Gaikwad and Varsha GaikwadDaughter of Eknath Gaikwad former MP from Dharavi Jyotirsquos sister Varsha Gaikwad is a sitting MP from the Mumbai North Central constituency Jyoti recently changed her last name from Girigosavi to Gaikwad which is her maiden nameYamini Jadhav SS mdash BycullaYamini Jadhav and Yashwant JadhavYamini is wife of Shiv Sena leader and former chairman of the standing committee Yashwant Jadhav He was a former corporator in the BMC and when his constituency was reserved for women Yamini Jadhav contested and won in 2012 In 2019 she also won the Assembly electionAmit Thackeray MNS ndash MahimSon of Raj Thackeray and grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray Although Amit is already active in politics this is his first election Raj who was part of Shiv Sena started his own party MNS after he resigned from in 2005 In 2006 he founded MNSAslam Shaikh Congress mdash MaladAslam Shaikh and Ramzan Ali ShaikhAslam Shaikh is the sitting Congress MLA from Malad West and is the son of the late Ramzan Ali Shaikh a politician from the area Ramzan Ali Shaikh was a former Samajwadi Party corporator Aslam Shaikh has been elected three times and has won from the Malad West constituency in 2009 2014 and 2019Vinod Shelar BJP mdashMalad WestAshish Shelar and Vinod ShelarVinod is the brother of BJP leader and twotime MLA Ashish Shelar Vinod has been associated with the BJP for a long time but will be contesting in the Assembly elections for the first timeZeeshan Siddique NCP mdash Bandra EastZeesha Siddique and Baba SiddiqueZeeshan is the son of former minister and NCP Ajit Pawar faction leader late Baba Siddique Zeeshan is a sitting MLA from the Bandra East constituency and recently joined the NCP where he will contest againSameer Desai SSUBTSameer Desai and Gurudas KamatSameer is the nephew of the late Congress leader and former Congress MP Gurudas Kamat Desai is a former corporator who quit Congress in 2014 and joined the BJP He later joined Shiv Sena UBTManisha Ravindra Waikar SS mdashJogeshwariManisha Waikar and Ravindra WaikarManisha is the wife of Ravindra Waikar Shiv Sena leader who is currently an MP from Mumbai North West Ravindra has also been a threetime MLA from the Jogeshwari East Assembly constituency Manisha Waikar has been active in social work but was not directly involved in politics She is contesting as a Shiv Sena candidate from the Jogeshwari East Assembly constituencyVarun Sardesai SSUBT mdash Bandra EastVarun Sardesai and Aaditya ThackerayVarun is the cousin of former minister and Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray and will be contesting on a Shiv Sena UBT ticket from the Bandra East Assembly constituency Sardesai has been actively involved in the Yuva Sena for many years and has raised issues related to student politicsKedar Dighe SSUBT mdash Kopari Panchpakhadi ThaneAnand Dighe and Kedar DigheKedar nephew of the late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe is contesting from the Kopari Panchpakhadi constituency against Chief Minister Eknath ShindeRutuja Latke SSUBT mdash Andheri EastRutuja Latke and Ramesh LatkeRutuja is the wife of the late MLA Ramesh Latke Shiv Sena UBT leader who represented the Andheri East Assembly constituency in 2014 and 2019 Rutuja Latke was a government employee and after her husbandrsquos demise she stood for the byelection in 2022 from the Andheri East constituency Now she will be contesting on Shiv Sena UBT ticket from the same constituencySunil Raut SSUBT mdash VikhroliSanjay Raut and Sunil RautSunil is the younger brother of Shiv Sena UBT leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut Sunil was elected in both the 2014 and 2019 Assembly electionsSulbha Gaikwad BJP mdash KalyanSulbha Gaikwad and Ganpat GaikwadSulbha is BJPrsquos candidate for Kalyan East constituency is the wife of BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad who shot at a Shinde Sena leader in FebruaryTrupti Prakash Sawant MNS mdashBandra EastTrupti Sawant and Prakash Bala Sawant File picTrupti is a former MLA and the wife of former corporator and MLA Prakash Bala Sawant After the demise of her husband she won the byelection on Shiv Sena ticket from the Bandra East Assembly seat in 2015 by defeating Narayan Rane In 2019 she was denied a ticket by the undivided Shiv Sena and subsequently contested as an independent from the Bandra East Assembly seat but lostRakhee Jadhav NCPSP mdash Ghatkopar EastRakhee Jadhav and Bharti JadhavRakhee is daughter of Bharti Jadhav who won the corporation election in 1997 as an independent Her mother later joined Congress and then NCP Rakhee has served in the corporation for the last three terms and is now contesting in the Assembly electionShraddha Jadhav SSUBT mdash WadalaShraddha JadhavShraddharsquos fatherinlaw Mukund Jadhav was a former corporatorSnehal Jadhav SSUBT mdash WadalaSudhir Jadhav and Snehal JadhavSnehal is the wife of Sudhir Jadhav a former corporator of MNS She contested the corporation election in 2017 when her ward was reserved for womenSandeep Naik NCPSP mdash AiroliSandeep Naik and Ganesh NaikSandeeprsquos father BJP leader Ganesh Naik is contesting from the Airoli constituency of Navi Mumbai while his son Sandeep is contesting from the Belapur constituency as a candidate of the NCPSP Sandeep joined NCPSP after he was denied ticket by BJPSana Shaikh NCP mdash Anushakti NagarSana Malik with Nawab MalikDaughter of Nawab Malik who was elected to the Maharashtra Assembly in 1996 1999 2004 from Nehru Nagar and in 2009 from Anushakti Nagar He is currently the Mumbai president of the Nationalist Congress Party