The BJP has withdrawn its candidate for a crucial bypoll in Maharashtra due next month; the first after the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government took charge. The state’s BJP chief, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, on Monday made the announcement, a day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray urged the party to drop its candidate.
The MNS chief had also urged the party to back Uddhav Thackeray-led faction’s candidate, Rutuja Latke, wife of MLA Ramesh Latke whose death has necessitated the election.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced in Nagpur that the party was withdrawing its candidate – Murji Patel – from the Andheri bypoll.
