#Mumbai #Sionkoliwada constituency

#Mumbai #Sionkoliwada constituency The fight here is BJP’s Captain Tamil Selvan against Congress’s Ganesh Kumar Yadav. Yadav was youth president and had in fact contested 2019 elections and then vanished from the scene. He came back just after Congress tasted success in Lok Sabha 2024 i.e. 4 to 5 years ago in Sion Koliwada for a political comeback. Ravi Raja, ex leader of the BMC from Congress was wanting a ticket from Congress was unhappy because he did not get the MLA ticket, and hence Raja joined the BJP few days ago...Mangesh Satamkar, an Eknath Shinde party loyalist, is in MahaYuti’s side and is a strong player there. Then we have MLC Prasad Lad whose office and residence is in Sion and is the bigger boss in the constituency. Hence, with the strength of Prasad Lad, Ravi Raja, Mangesh Satamkar, Captain Tamil Selvan can be a winner from this Sion koliwada constituency. There are 5 corporators from the BJP in this constituency. Out of these 5, one corporator was desperately trying for a BJP ticket. They had one Gujarati/Marwari belt under them, which made them confident, but then Captain was the obvious choice. The husband of the corporator and the wife did engage in inter-party activity for some time, but then I think now that Prasad Lad has taken over the responsibility, the corporator wife and husband will work for Captain Selvan. Captain’s brother Murugan is leaving no stone unturned to work for his brother and Prasad Lad has nominated his ace man Shridhar Maddi (South Indian cell coordinator for BJP) to the job of making Captain Selvan the MLA again. The opponent Ganesh Kumar yadav is backed by hotelier B R Shetty, a known name, but I don’t think his muscle and money power will work in Sion-Koliwada. Plus Captain Selvan has himself worked a lot in the constituency in rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Mhada and SRA buildings. Everyone has got homes there. There are new temples that have been constructed, and a lot of development work has been done for the slums at Pratiksha Nagar, Sangam Nagar, and Vijay Nagar. Jain society is a plush area, and the cross-over bridge there for pedestrians has proved to be a boon for Captain Selvan. Earlier people crossed from the highway. Best thing is, there is super coordination between Prasad Lad and Captain Selvan now. See, Antop Hill there is a lot of Muslim population but the votes will certainly be on MVA’s candidate, Ganesh Kumar Pandey, but then the numbers won't matter at the end... Vikrant Hemant Joshi.