Yajnavalkya Jichkar Dr. Babasaheb Deshmukh
Mumbai: The upcoming Assembly elections are likely to witness fiery battles between several aspirants who are aiming at plunging into active politics in Maharashtra for the first time. The list of debut candidates in fray is long, but what is more interesting is that most of them are highly qualified and many of them have strong political backgrounds.
One can’t resist from looking at battleground Anushaktinagar which is a part of the Mumbai South Central constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments. The constituency will see a mega fight between two new faces - Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar)’s Fahad Ahmed and Nawab Malik’s daughter Sana Malik from Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Both Sana and Fahad are highly qualified individuals. While Sana Malik has an LLB degree from Mumbai University, she also is an architect. Fahad Ahmed who is the husband of actress Swara Bhaskar is a PhD from TISS and he had led the anti-CAA agitation in TISS when he was there.
Another highly educated name that deserves attention is that of Late Ganpatrao Deshmukh’s grandson Dr. Babasaheb Deshmukh who will contest elections from Sangola on the ticket of Peasants and Workers Party. Deshmukh is MD, General Medicine from DY Patil Medical College of Kolhapur.
Yajnavalkya Jichkar, son of Former MLA Shrikant Jichkar who will fight the elections independently from Katol seat has a quite relevant educational background. He has a MA in Public Administration from IGNOU. Both are aiming to achieve a political debut through Assembly polls.
In Mahim, which is one of the most crucial seats, MNS supremo Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray holds a Masters’ degree in management Studies from Welingkar College of Mumbai. There are a few more fresh faces who flaunt international educational qualifications. For example, Amar Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT) who will fight it out from Solapur south holds a PHD in Business Economics from UK board. He is the son of former MLA Ratikant Patil. Varun Sardesai of the Shiv Sena UBT holds an MS degree in construction engineering and management from Columbia University of USA. He is Uddhav Thackeray’s nephew.
The list of fresh faces is long, and other candidates, if not highly qualified, at least have basic graduate degrees from reputed institutions across India. Almost all of them are jumping into the battleground with a strong political dynasty behind. With support comes additional pressure to maintain the position and successfully take the legacy forward.
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