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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Milind Deora faces Shiv Sena, MNS, AAP nominee in South Mumbai
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Milind Deora faces Shiv Sena, MNS, AAP nominee in South Mumbai

Deora's fight will be with MNS' Bala Nandgaonkar, Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant and AAP's Meera Sanyal

Milind Deora initiated the Bhendi Bazar cluster development project and pushed for the Eastern Freeway project and the second phase of the Rs80 crore Marine Drive makeover project. Photo: Hindustan TimesPremium
Milind Deora initiated the Bhendi Bazar cluster development project and pushed for the Eastern Freeway project and the second phase of the Rs80 crore Marine Drive makeover project. Photo: Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Union minister of state for IT and communications Milind Deora will be taking on Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates as he tries to win the South Mumbai seat for the third time in next month’s Lok Sabha elections.

Deora had won the seat for the second time in 2009, in a three-cornered fight with Bala Nandgaonkar (MNS) and Mohan Rawle (Shiv Sena). This time around, his fight will be with Nandgaonkar, Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant and AAP’s Meera Sanyal.

The 37-year-old Member of Parliament (MP) initiated the Bhendi Bazar cluster development project and pushed for the Eastern Freeway project and the second phase of the Rs80 crore Marine Drive makeover project. He claims credit for the lighthouse tourism policy, guidelines to regulate cell tower radiations and the state’s decision to set up a housing regulator.

Banker Meera Sanyal, who fought the last elections as an Independent, is contesting again, this time as an AAP candidate. She says her experience as a banker will come in handy if she gets a chance to represent the constituency in Lok Sabha.

The recent Arvind Kejriwal road show in South Mumbai has energised Sanyal’s campaign. The AAP chief had kicked off his Lok Sabha campaign in Maharashtra with a ride on a suburban train to Churchgate and then took out a ‘Jhaadu Chalao Yatra’ through South Mumbai streets.

MNS leader Nandgaonkar, who finished second against Deora last time, will be vying for the ‘Marathi manus’ votes and dampening the chances of the Shiv Sena candidate and former legislator Arvind Sawant. Nandgaonkar, who was minister of state for home in 1995-1999, had hogged limelight after defeating Chhagan Bhujbal (now with Nationalist Congress Party but then with Congress) in the 1995 assembly polls. PTI

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Published: 18 Mar 2014, 07:34 PM IST
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