In the fourth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mumbai will see a veritable battle of giants in its three of six parliamentary constituencies on Monday.
In this phase, high-profile candidates such as Priya Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Milind Deora and Poonam Mahajan are in the fray and competing for the favour of 96 lakh registered voters.
Poonam Mahajan, daughter of late Union Minister Pramod Mahajan, is trying to fend off a strong challenge from the Congress’s Priya Dutt in the North-Central Mumbai constituency.
Mahajan had defeated Dutt, sister of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, by a margin of 1.86 lakh in the 2014 elections.
But the city’s most-watched battle is like to be in Mumbai North, with actor Urmila Matondkar making her political debut by taking on BJP sitting parliamentarian Gopal Shetty.
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Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora, who recently received a glowing endorsement from industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Uday Kotak among others, is challenging the Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant, who had defeated him by a margin of 1.28 lakh in 2014.
Including Mumbai, 17 other constituencies in Maharashtra is polling on Monday, along with 55 more across the country. Results will be announced on May 23.