Nashik: The NCP is still undecided about its candidates on four seats in North Maharashtra.State NCP president Jayant Patil, while announcing the first list of party nominees on Thursday in Mumbai, did not announce the names of the candidates for Ahmednagar, Nashik, Dindori and Raver.He announced the candidate for Jalgaon seat in which former state minister Gulabrao Deokar has been given the ticket. Under the seat sharing agreement with Congress in North Maharashtra, NCP will contest on five seats while the remaining seats would be contested by Congress.NCP sources said that for Ahmednagar seat Arun Jagtap is the front runner although a section of local leadership has floated the name of Jagtap’s son and the local MLA Sangram as the party candidate.“The party’s candidate from Ahmednagar would be either father or the son. But senior Jagtap has an edge as he is a seasoned politician and has a wide network,” a senior NCP leader said.As far as Nashik and Dindori seats are concerned, senior NCP leader Chaggan Bhujbal is supposed to decide on the party nominees. Although Bhujbal himself is unlikely to contest from Nashik seat, he is yet to take a call whether his nephew Sameer or latter’s wife Sephali would be given a ticket. He is apparently seeking feedback from party cadres and gauging the mood of the voters.“As far as Raver is concerned, NCP is in a dilemma whether to leave that seat for Congress. Hence, the party candidate for that seat is yet to be finalised,” the leader said.Meanwhile, Deokar said that party supremo Sharad Pawar had instructed him about a week ago to start preparing to contest from the Jalgaon seat. “I have good network with all the villages of the parliamentary constituency and will definitely win from this constituency,” he said.Currently, the Jalgaon seat is with BJP’s two-time MP AT Nana Patil. But there is still uncertainty whether he would be given a ticket again as some BJP leaders indicated that the party could field a new face on that seat.

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