Sameer Bhujbal quits as NCP Mumbai chief, files nomination as independent

Sameer Bhujbal, nephew of OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal from Ajit Pawar-led faction of NCP, has resigned from his position as Mumbai chief of the faction. He has filed nomination as independent candidate from the Nandgaon-Manmad constituency. On Wednesday, the Nationalist Congress Party released its first list of 38 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls.