Mumbai votes in Assembly elections: MLA choices for Colaba, Mumbadevi, Malabar Hill and Worli

by October 20, 2019 Governance
As Mumbai gets ready to elect its MLAs on Monday, take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key assembly constituencies of Colaba, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi and Worli.

On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Colaba, Mumbadevi, Malabar Hill and Worli.

Constituency: Colaba

Incumbent MLA: Raj Purohit, BJP

Name, Education, Profession Party Assets Pending court case rating* Agenda
Rahul Narwekar, LLB, Advocate Bharatiya Janata Party 34.85 crore 3 Did not share
Ashok Jagtap, B.Sc., Trade Union
Leader &
Businessman		 Indian National Congress 21.08 crore 4 Did not share
Arjun Rukhe, SSC, Service Bahujan Samaj Party 50,000 None To provide justice to the people who have been ill-treated by
the government
Rajendra Suryavanshi, 4th standard, self employed AIM Political Party 50,000 None Did not share
Amol Govalkar, SSC, Private service Krantikari Jaihind Sena 20,000 None Did not share
Bharat Purohit, B. Com, Hotelier Independent 3.67 crore None Providing good infrastructure, proper drainage, revival of
boring wells for abundant water for washing, flushing,
gardening
Jitendra Kamble, SSC, Transport contractor Vanchit Bahujan
Aaghadi		 49.5 lakh None Will take everyone in confidence and work for employment,
education, health & raise the issues of the deprived in Vidhan
Sabha
Santosh Chavan, 8th standard, unemployed Independent 9.9 lakh None Enhancing job opportunities, water supply, slum
redevelopment

Constituency: Mumbadevi

Incumbent MLA: Amin Patel, INC

Name, Education, Profession Party Assets Pending Court cases rating* Agenda
Amin Patel, SSC, Business Indian National Congress 23.77 crore 8 Did not share
Waris Shaikh, 8th standard, private service Bahujan Samaj Party 25000 None I will try to ensure job security by addressing the issue of
relocation. I will also fight for SRA development so people have
good quality living quarters.
Keshav Mulay, 9th standard, employed Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 50,000 4 Development, redevelopment of dilapidated buildings
Bashir Patel, 8th standard, Business All India Majlis E Ittehadul
Muslimeen		 30.94 lakh  None Will work on redevelopment of Mumbadevi locality and
work on improving the water supply in the area
Mohamed Shaikh, HSC, Business Akhil Bharatiya Sena 2.1 lakh None I will fight for change and development of our youth and
women.
Mohd. Shaikh, HSC, Computer
typing and Legal drafting		 AIM Political Party 46.9 lakh 9 Did not share
Najeeb Sayed, B.Sc., Yoga instructor Sardar Vallabhai
Patel Party		 11.96 lakh None Betterment of BMC hospitals, strict traffic rules, regular water
suply, electricity, youth empowerment
Nazir Khan, 7th standard, real estate agent Indian Union Muslim League 50,000 None Did not share agenda
Pandurang Sakpal, B.Com, Manpower Supply and
Consultancy		 Shiv Sena 1.72 crore 25 Healthy Mumbadevi, clean Mumbadevi, redevelopment of
Mumbadevi
Shamsher Pathan, B.Sc., social worker Vanchit Bahujan
Aaghadi		 3.06 crore 20 The first issue I will address is of drug use and abuse, which is
rampant in my area. I will stop the selling of drugs within one
month of being elected.
Udaykumar
Shiroorkar, ME, LLB, retired		 Independent 1.2 crore None Dilapidated buildings, roads, footpaths, hawkers, water,
redevelopment

Constituency: Malabar Hill

Incumbent MLA: Mangal Lodha, BJP

Name, Education, Profession Party Assets Pending court cases rating* Agenda
Mangal Lodha, LLB, salaried employee Bharatiya Janata Party 257.28 Crore 48 Did not share
Hira Devasi, 4th standard, Business Indian National Congress 2.72 crore 4 Did not share
Mohammed Sayed, SSC, self employed AIM Political Party 10.38 lakh None Did not share
Mohammed Shaikh, SSC, Service Bahujan Mukti Party 13.85 lakh None Will address issues of corruption in SRA,free education for lower
class will address issues of EVM corruption
Abhay Kathale, B. Pharm, Pharmaceutical business National Youth Party 41.6 lakh None I want to make hospitalisation accessible to the poor and I have
found a solution to make it possible. I will also work on
distributing the donations received by all religious institutions,
towards medical facilities for the poor. Guarantee job placement
for the youth
Arjun Jadhav, HSC, social worker Bhartiya
Manvadhikaar
Federal Party		  70,000 (approx) 7 Women empowerment, secularism, access to education
Vishal Gurav, HSC, Service Bahujan Samaj Party 1.5 lakh None Did not share
Rajesh Shinde, HSC, self employed Independent 51.14 lakh None I have been working among the people and for them since the
past 16 years and will continue to do so. I want to be the voice of
the lower economic section of the Malabar Hill people.
Satendra Singh, LLB, Advocate Independent 17.26 thousand None Did not share
Shankar Sonawane, SSC, Taxi business Independent 56.13 lakh None Did not share

Constituency: Worli

Incumbent MLA: Sunil Shinde, Shiv Sena

Name, Education, Profession Party Assets Pending Court case rating* Agenda
Aditya Thackeray, LLB, Business Shiv Sena 16.06 crore None Did not share agenda
Suresh Mane, PhD (law), LLM, Advocate Nationalist Congress Party 5.01 crore 3 Redevelopment of BDD chawl, People education protection
Vishram Padam, 3rd standard, retired Bahujan Samaj Party 2 lakh 16 350-400 sq. ft homes for slums, work for chawls
Santosh Bansode, HSC, social worker Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh — None Justice to poor, law & order, BDD chawl redevelopment
Milind Kamble, B.Com, Transport Business Independent 27 lakh None Did not share
Abhijeet Bichukale, B.A., social worker Independent 78.51 thousand 3 Will work for betterment of the fisherfolk/koliwada community
Mangal Rajgor, 8th standard, civil contractor Independent 2.04 lakh None Will clear people’s problems
Vijay Shiktode, LLM, Advocate Independent 75000 None Did not share
Nitin Gaikwad, HSC, construction business Independent 40000 None Did not share
Rupesh Turbhekar, LLM, Advocate Independent 66.48 lakh None To work for people
Mahesh Khandekar, 8th standard, not mentioned Independent 6000 None Education should be free in India, water, scholarships for foreign
education, fight against injustice, respect for all
Pratap Hawaldar, SSC, Painter Prahar Janshakti Party 15.12 lakh None Not shared (Candidate spoke only about track record in interview)
Gautam Gaikwad, M.A., Retired Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi 1.42 crore 2 Special work for police personnel, project for peace & happiness
for the deprived people

* Pending Court Case Ratings are calculated based on a mathematical formula which assigns 1 Red Flag for each minor criminal charge and 2 to 5 Red Flags for each charge of fraud, violent crimes, rape, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, murder under the Indian Penal Code

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