Sena denies ticket to MP who slapped Air India staffer in 2017

March 22, 2019 17:38

The Shiv Sena on Friday declared a list of 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha poll, dropping MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who hit an Air India staffer with a slipper at the IGI airport in New Delhi and then openly boasted about it.

Sena has replaced Gaikwad with Omraje Nimbalkar in Osmanabad constituency.

The party named Hemant Patil as its nominee in the Hingoli seat, dropping Ashok Wankhede who lost to Congress candidate Rajeev Satav in 2014.

As per the seat-sharing pact between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sena, the latter will contest 23 Lok Sabha seats, leaving 25 for its senior alliance partner.

The Sena is expected to announce nominees from the remaining two seats -- Palghar and Satara -- soon.

"We will announce the names of remaining candidates by Sunday," Sena minister Subhash Desai told reporters in Mumbai, while announcing the list. -- PTI

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