After Maha Vikas Aghadi named a candidate from Mumbai's Vandre East seat, former Congress leader Zeeshan Siddique said, "I heard old friends have announced their candidate from Vandre East. Supporting was never in their nature." Zeeshan, who is son of Baba Sidiqque, had won from the seat in 2019 polls. Congress expelled Zeeshan earlier this year accusing him of cross-voting.