The NCP Sharad Pawar (SP) released the third list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Maharashtra Legislative Council member Shashikant Shinde will contest from Satara Lok Sabha seat in western Maharashtra, while businessman Shriram Patil has been fielded from the Raver seat in Jalgaon in north Maharashtra, where he is pitted against the BJP’s Raksha Khadse, daughter-in-law of Eknath Khadse, who is seeking a third term.
The NCP (SP) had been facing an internal crisis over Raver after senior party leader Eknath Khadse announced he would be returning to the BJP.