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Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam replaces Mahajan as BJP candidate from Mumbai North Central

Ujjwal Nikam Bharatiya Janata Party Mumbai Lok Sabha

Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam

New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday dropped incumbent Lok Sabha MP Poonam Mahajan as its candidate from the Mumbai North Central seat and named lawyer Ujjwal Deorao Nikam in her place.

Nikam is a well-known name in the legal circle and was a government counsel in the the Mumbai terror attack case.

BJP names lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as its Lok Sabha candidate from Mumbai North Central, drops sitting MP Poonam Mahajan#BJP #UjjwalNikam #LokSabhaElections2024 #PoonamMahajan pic.twitter.com/n2C5Cr9MP4
— Dynamite News (@DynamiteNews_) April 27, 2024

Mahajan, the daughter of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was elected from the constituency in 2014 and 2019.

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