Updated On: 03 November, 2024 11:13 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The opposition to Malik's candidacy is particularly pronounced from the Mahayuti alliance partners. Ashish Shelar, the Mumbai chief of BJP, had made it clear that the party will not be campaigning in support of Malik. The Shiv Sena, has similarly voiced its disapproval to the former minister's candidature in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024

NCP leader Nawab Malik. File Pic
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Assembly constituency Nawab Malik on Sunday openly addressed the opposition he is facing from the Mahayuti alliance in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, reported news agency ANI.
Malik emphasised his position as the sole candidate representing the NCP, asserting his loyalty to party leader Ajit Pawar. “I am the candidate of Nationalist Congress Party, I am with Ajit Pawar, he has made me a candidate, now Mahayuti alliance people, whether from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, they are fighting the elections against me and my fight is with them,” he stated.