The South Central Lok Sabha constituency in Mumbai is re-witnessing a contest between current Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale and former two times Congress MP and veteran leader Eknath Gaikwad. One of the most eclectic constituencies in Mumbai, the constituency houses the Shiv Sena pocket borough of Mahim and Chembur and Anushaktinagar. The constituency in 2004 was upset when Eknath Gaikwad defeated erstwhile Lok Sabha Speaker and Shiv Sena Leader Manohar Joshi by a margin of 13,329 votes. In a rejigged South Central constituency in 2009, following delimitation, Gaikwad won again defeating Sena's Suresh Gambhir by 75,706 votes. The constituency houses Raj Thackeray's residence who is giving fiery speeches all over the state to unseat the BJP.

Source: dna April 21, 2019 00:33 UTC