Mumbai sources stated that the Konkan belt along the west coast of Maharashtra, which accounts for 75 assembly seats, will be a keenly watched battleground in the 21 October polls with key issues like the Nanar refinery, metro car shed at Aarey and PMC Bank scam expected to dominate campaign scene. Reportedly Mumbai, which is part of this vast region, alone accounts for 36 seats, but all eyes will be on the Worli seat from where Shiv Sena youth leader Aaditya Thackeray is making his debut in electoral politics.

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Perhaps the region, considered a Sena-BJP stronghold, was hit by large scale desertions from opposition ranks ahead of polls, handing the saffron alliance an advantage at the hustings and a proposed refinery project at Nanar in Ratnagiri district had become a flashpoint between the Shiv Sena and the BJP in the past. Further the Sena has said the multi-billion refinery will damage the fragile ecology of Konkan.



Moreover Konkan belt consists of districts of Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg and accounts for 75 seats, the most for any region in the state, which has a 288-member assembly, where all the eight municipal corporations lying in the region are dominated by the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. Perhaps the Shiv Sena has a strong presence in Thane, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Mumbai, the BJP has strengthened itself in the financial capital since 2014 and made inroads in thane and Palghar.


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