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Lok Sabha Elections: BJP Fields 26/11 Terror Attack Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam From Mumbai North Central Constituency, Drops Poonam Mahajan
Advocate Ujjwal Nikam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its fifteenth list of candidates for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
The party has fielded prominent legal scholar Ujjwal Nikam from the Mumbai North Central seat, dropping the sitting MP Poonam Mahajan.
Advocate Ujjwal Nikam has fought 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case for the government among many important cases.
BJP MP Poonam Mahajan had won from the seat with over 1 lakh votes, however, the party did not nominate her for the third time.
Nikam will be facing Congress’s Varsha Gaikwad. Mumbai North Central constituency goes to polls on 20 May.
He has been a prominent figure in representing the state in numerous significant and high-profile cases, including the 1993 Mumbai blasts and the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai.
His successful arguments on behalf of the state government resulted in the imposition of death penalties or life imprisonment for terrorists.
Nikam has played a huge part in ensuring a death penalty for the Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts terrorist.
He also took part in the murder case of senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan.
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