Bharatiya Jan Vikas Aghadi to contest all LS seats in M'rashtra

Pune, Mar 21  The Bharatiya Jan Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of 50 registered political parties in India formed with initiative of India Against Corruption (IAC), will contest all 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, announced Hemant Patil of IAC on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference here, he also announced a list of their 32 candidates and said that the remaining 16 candidates will be announced in next few days.
He even invited quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to contest in the Lok Sabha elections, saying that "if he wants to contest in the Lok Sabha polls, we will nominate him."
Patil said, "We will not nominate any former MLA, MP or minister. Our mission is to address basic issues of common people, free electricity to farmers, resolve the problems of unemployment and build infrastructure."
"All the constituent parties in our alliance are spread across the state and we have nominated the party where it has more strength," he added.
On behalf of the BJVA, a workshop was organised in Pune for potential candidates sponsored by BJVA in all the Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra.
Other leaders of the Aghadi such as Bhausaheb Bawne, Rajendra Vanarse, Shivajirao Mhaske, Ashok Jadhav-Dhangaonkar, Renuka Pangaonkar, Prof Rekha Patil, Satish Deshmukh and other dignitaries were present on occasion.
Bawne said that BJVA will contest the Lok Sabha elections as the third alliance in the state.
This alliance will also contest upcoming assembly and local self-government elections, he added.