Mumbai: The Ajit Pawar led NCP declared its list of 37 candidates for the BMC polls on Sunday even as its MahaYuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP are yet to declare their candidates. Among the candidates there are three relatives of NCP neta Nawab Malik on the list. Nawab Malik’s brother Kaptan Malik will contest from Ward No 165 (Kurla), his sister Dr Saeeda Khan from Ward No. 168 and Nawab’s niece Bushra Malik from Ward No. 170 in the Kurla area. Malik is a former Minister and his daughter Sana Malik is a sitting MLA from Anushakti Nagar. The second list is expected soon, Sana Malik said. Though a constituent of the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition, the NCP is contesting the BMC polls independently. Earlier, Mumbai BJP chief MLA Ameet Satam had ruled out any truck with the NCP saying its leader Nawab Malik was in-charge of the party’s election management for the BMC polls. Malik has been accused of being involved in money laundering and having links with Dawood Ibrahim’s associates.
