Mumbai votes in Assembly elections: MLA choices for Andheri W, Andheri E, Goregaon and Versova

As Mumbai gets ready to elect its MLAs on Monday, take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four assembly constituencies of Andheri W, Andheri E, Goregaon and Versova.

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 Andheri East, Andheri West, Versova and Goregaon.

Constituency: Goregaon

Incumbent MLA: Vidya Thakur, BJP

Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Rating* Agenda
Amol Sawant

HSC

Service

Bahujan Samaj Party 99 Thousand None Save Aarey, reopening of Siddarth Hospital, SRA, access to health, education, water, sewage in slums
Vidya Thakur

8th Std

Politician

Bharatiya Janta Party 3.73 Crore None Did not share
Mitesh Varshney

LLB

Advocate

Independent 1.33 Lakh 8 Withdraw cases filed under Section 353 after 2010, area with more than 250 trees will be declared Green Zone
Purushottam Patel

B.Sc.

Retired

Independent 2.03 Crore None I will enable communication between the government, such as the BMC and Police Department, and the common man. 
Mahendra Bhonsle

Dip. in EE

Plumber & Electrician

Independent 34.76 Lakh None Did not share
Yuvraj Mohite

M.A.

Journalist

Indian National Congress 1.11 Crore None Did not share
Ajay Dubey

LLM

Advocate

Jan Adhikar Party 6.54 Lakh None Women empowerment,free education,free wifi,free medical treatment
Virendra Jadhav

SSC

NGO director

Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 54.53 Lakh 39 Did not share
Naushad Shikalgar

MLS

Employed

Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi 2.23 Crore None Did not share

Constituency: Andheri West

Incumbent MLA: Ameet Satam, BJP

Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Rating* Agenda
Arif Shaikh

B.Com.

Business

All India Majlis E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 4.15 Lakh 23 Did not share
Ameet Satam

MMS

Politician

Bharatiya Janta Party 2.95 Crore None Did not share
Narayanan Kidappil

SSC

Social Worker

Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7.22 Thousand 21 Candidate will help people on day to day issues.
Sayyad Patel

9th Std

Social Worker

Independent 80 Thousand Will work for all communities irrespective of their religion. I am a human being first and will work for humanity and upliftment of the poor sections of society. Work towards free basic standards of living eg. health-care, education, jobs, water, electricity etc.
Ujjay Jadhav

MBBS

Doctor

Independent 65.5 Lakh Will try for free tertiary health care services for old, women & children, free ambulance, access to government services, parking spaces, playgrounds
Ashok Jadhav

SSC

Business

Indian National Congress 4.86 Crore 2 Did not share
Gulaam Shaikh

7th Std..

Sales

Jan Adhikar Party 15.51 Lakh None Will work as per the people’s wishes and for the empowerment of women of my community.
Kishore Rane

B.Com.

Service

Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 5 Lakh None A good home for the poor, women’s safety, free maternity home, 24×7 MLA office to contact MLA, playgrounds, health facilities for poor, SRA, Hajj for Muslims, ‘Annadan’ yojana for 365 days

 Constituency: Andheri East

Incumbent: Ramesh Latke, Shiv Sena

Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Rating* Agenda
Dr. Rahul Kamble

LLB

Self-employed

Bahujan Samaj Party 3 Lakh None I will make available ambulance facility in all 6 wards. I will also rehabilitate all the SRA affected slum dwellers who have been displaced. Access to free water, pothole free roads, open spaces for residents of Andheri. Jobs for the educated youth. Access to government schemes.
Manish Raut

SSC

Business

Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 33.33 Lakh None Youth should get involve in Politics for change.
Murji Patel

9th Std.

Professional service

Independent 82.35 Lakh None Did not share
Kamlesh Yadav

HSC

Business

Independent 21.07 Lakh None I will address the issues of bad roads, traffic problem in Andheri East, water problem and the biggest problem of SRA.
Manoj Naik

SSC

Real estate

Independent 53.16 Lakh None Will solve problems in slums.
Jagdish Amin

8th Std.

Business

Indian National Congress 2.52 Crore None Playgrounds, roads, water, sewage
Sharad Yatam

HSC

Business

Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi 40.76 Lakh 36 A Cultured, Safe and Educated Andheri
Ramesh Latke

SSC

Business

Shiv Sena 3.97 Crore 9 Did not share

Constituency: Versova

Incumbent MLA: Dr Bharti Lavekar, BJP

Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case rating* Agenda
Dr. Bharati Lavekar

PhD

Social worker

Bharatiya Janata Party 3.14 Crore None Did not share
Hans Krishanlal

SSC

Business

Independent 3.96 Crore 4 Firstly, I will help the people who have been affected by the PMC Bank crisis and work on the Aarey issue. I will solve all the injustice done within 2 months of being elected.
Pravin Dabholkar

SSC

Business

Independent 1.34 Crore 22 Did not share
Rajul Patel D. Ed

Corporator

Independent 40.35 Lakh 53 Did not share
Baldev Khosa

Diploma

Agriculturalist

Indian National Congress 14.02 Crore None Did not share
Salim Shaikh

N/A

Car dealer

Indian Union Muslim League 45 Thousand None Free hospital ,free education,betterment of government school and hospitals.
Chhaya Tiwari

9th Std.

Housewife

Janata Congress 36.06 Thousand None Remove regions from blacklist in Versova area, work on SRA and slum redevelopment issues, work on providing accessible health-care and education facilities for the weaker economic sections.
Sandesh Desai

SSC

N/A

Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 64.35 Lakh 25 Did not share
Abdul Shaikh

8th Std.

Business

Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi 71.83 Lakh None I wish to open a school, college and hospital for the children and people of my constituency. The salary I will receive as an MLA, I will distribute that amongst the people.

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* 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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