Soon after being nominated to contest the Lok Sabha elections, Nikam told a press conference: “My attempt will be to prioritize the Constitution, law and security of the country and I will always see what questions can be asked in Parliament with regard to these priorities.” In Mumbai, I worked on several issues that hit A chord for national welfare… I will show people in the coming days that one can work for social and national welfare through politics.
Nikam will face Varsha Gaikwad, Congress MLA and incumbent Mumbai Congress president who is the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Mumbai North Central. The MDC comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Congress, and the Sharad Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In a post on social media platform ‘X’, Congress leader Sachin Sawant said that Nikam’s nomination shows that the true blue workers of the BJP have no value. “His nomination shows once again that the value of real party workers in the BJP is zero and the value of outside workers is more. I share the grief of the BJP Workers And leaders whose tickets were cut to accommodate outsiders,” Sawant said.
I can understand your pain sir
– Karan Gourshete (@GoursheteKaran) April 27, 2024
Mahajan did not respond to ThePrint’s call for comment. However, she said on social media platform X that her father always showed her the path of “nation first, then us,” and that she prayed to God that she would be “always able to follow this path.”
To provide an opportunity to serve the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency as an MP for a period of 10 years. @BJP4India Prime Minister Shri @narindrama thank you sir.
I will always be indebted to the people of the area like my family because they loved me not only as a Member of Parliament but also as a daughter, and that is…
– Poonam Mahajan (Modi family) (@poonam_mahajan) April 27, 2024
“I will always be indebted to the people of the area who are like my family because they loved me not just as an MP but like a daughter. “I hope this relationship will always last,” Mahajan said in her post written in Hindi.
Mumbai will go to polls on May 20.
The BJP’s campaign in Mumbai is likely to focus on terrorism and security
With Nikam’s nomination, a major part of the BJP’s campaign in Mumbai is likely to center around issues of terrorism and security.
Manoj Kotak, the incumbent BJP MP from Mumbai North East constituency, said Nikam’s candidacy will bring benefits to the BJP not just for Mumbai North Central constituency, but across the city.
“This will affect the entire city. Ujjwal G Nikam is a popular public prosecutor who has worked on cases against anti-citizens. The people of Mumbai will have the opportunity to elect a true patriot,” Kotak, who was replaced by Mihir Kotecha from Mumbai North East constituency, told ThePrint.
Kotak added that in the last 10 years, “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mumbai has witnessed a safe atmosphere, but the issues of terrorism and security are sensitive for every Mumbaikar and Nikam has not only fought the issues but has shown results.”
However, while talking to reporters, Nikam said that the direction and theme of his campaign will be decided by “experienced politicians” like Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bandra West MLA Ashish Shelar.
Nikam, who started his career as a public prosecutor in Jalgaon, was also the prosecutor in the 1997 Gulshan Kumar murder case, the 2004 India Gate bombings case, the 2006 Khairlanji massacre in which a Dalit family was beaten and killed, and the 2013 Shakti case. For mills, etc.
During the 26/11 trial, Nikam created a stir when he told reporters that Kasab had ordered mutton biryani in jail. In 2015, nearly three years after Kasab’s execution, Nikam publicly said that he had “fabricated” the biryani story to stem growing sympathy for Kasab among a certain section of the population.
‘Poonam will consult Tai
A senior BJP leader who did not want to be named told ThePrint that the party leadership was reluctant to repeat Mahajan as internal polls showed some anti-incumbents.
He added: “She will be absorbed into another role within the party.”
Like Mahajan, the BJP also dropped incumbent MP Pritam Munde, daughter of late BJP strongman Gopinath Munde, from Beed, and replaced her with her sister Pankaja Munde amid talks of the Munde sisters being He was ignored By the party. Gopinath Munde was Pramod Mahajan’s brother-in-law.
Nikam said he knew Poonam this“Whom he met frequently while working on the murder trial of her father Pramod Mahajan. Mahajan was shot by his younger brother Praveen.
“She has a hardworking personality. It is normal for a person who represents a constituency for ten years to expect another term. So, I will definitely consult her on how to resolve some of the pending issues in this constituency,” Nikam said, adding that he never underestimates Anyone’s business.
Mumbai has six parliamentary constituencies, and the BJP has so far nominated candidates for three of them – Union Minister Piyush Goyal for Mumbai North, Kotecha for Mumbai North East, and Nikam for Mumbai North Central. BJP ally, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena-led party, has named incumbent MP Rahul Shewal as its candidate from Mumbai South Central. The alliance is yet to name its candidates for Mumbai South and Mumbai North West.
The Mumbai North Central seat comprises districts like Bandra West, Bandra East, Kalina, Kurla, Chandivali and Vile Parle.
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