India, May 1 -- Candidates contesting the biennial elections for nine seats, and one by-election, in the state legislative council are set to be elected unopposed as only ten candidates from the main political parties filed their nominations until Thursday, the last day for filing nominations.

This became possible after the Congress decided not to contest the election. The party announced its decision after a meeting with senior Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) leaders on Thursday.

Like the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena too chose not to field an extra candidate for the polls. In the Mahayuti coalition, the BJP has fielded six, the Shiv Sena two (Bacchu Kadu and Neelam Gorhe), and the NCP one (Zeeshan Siddi...