Uddhav Thackeray to decide whether Urmila Matondkar will be nominated for Legislative Council seat, says Sanjay Raut

The Maharashtra authorities could advocate actor Urmila Matondkar’s title for nomination to the state Legislative Council. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will take a closing choice on it, Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut mentioned on Friday as speculations of the Bollywood actor’s nomination have been rife. On Thursday, the Maharashtra cupboard mentioned the proposal of recommending to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari the names of 12 candidates for his or her nomination to the Upper House of the state legislature from his quota.

Apart from Urmila Matondkar, the names of Marathi actor and Shiv Sena chief Aadesh Bandekar, singer Anand Shinde, BJP-turned-NCP chief Eknath Khadse, farmer chief Raju Shetti are additionally doing rounds.

“I have also heard about the speculation that Matondkar will be nominated by the government to the Council. It is the prerogative of the state cabinet, which has authorised CM Uddhav Thackeray to take a decision,” Sanjay Raut mentioned.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab has mentioned leaders of the three allies of the Maha Vikas Aghadi will finalise the names after which ahead it to the governor. These 12 council seats had fallen vacant in June this yr.

Under Article 171 of the Constitution, the governor can nominate 12 members with particular information or sensible expertise within the subject of literature, artwork, science, cooperative motion and social service to the state Legislative Council.

The actor had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North constituency on a Congress ticket. Five months after she joined the social gathering, she stop the Congress citing petty in-house politics. “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to use me as a mean to fight petty in-house politics instead of working on a bigger goal in Mumbai Congress,” she had mentioned.

(With PTI Inputs)