The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its fourth list of seven candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls. Of the seven names, one of the most prominent candidate is Rohini Khadse, the daughter of senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse. She would be contesting from her father's constituency Muktainagar.

The decision to field Rohini Khadse indicates that the party has succeeded in placating her father, who is one of its senior most leaders in the state but has been sidelined following charges of irregularities when he was a minister in the Devendra Fadnavis government.

He had to resign as revenue minister in 2016.

Party sources said it was made clear to him that he would not be given ticket this time.

The fourth list also includes candidates for the Katol, Tumsar, Nashik East, Borivali, Ghatkopar East and Colaba Assembly seats.

The party has fielded Charan Singh Thakur for Katol, Pradeep Padole for Tumsar, Rahul Dhikale for Nashik East, Sunil Rane for Borivali, Parag Shah for Ghatkopar East and Rahul Narvekar for Colaba assembly seat.

Fourth list of BJP candidates for the ensuing General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/lpTX9oSPug

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 4, 2019

The BJP and the Shiv Sena are the main constituents of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, which goes to polls on October 21.

Friday is the final day to file nominations to contest the Maharashtra assembly polls.

Candidates on a total of 150 seats have been announced.

In a separate development, the Congress on Thursday fielded former BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh as its candidate from the Nagpur South West seat against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The name of Deshmukh, who is a strong supporter of the demand for a separate state of Vidarbha, was announced in the list of 19 candidates finalised on Thursday night.

His father Ranjit Deshmukh (former Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief and a state minister) had been defeated by Fadnavis from Nagpur West constituency in the 2004 assembly election.

Ashish Deshmukh was elected from the Katol Assembly seat from BJP in year 2014. However, he had resigned from the saffron party in October last year.

Deshmukh and Fandavis will file their nomination papers in Nagpur on Friday.

Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24.

-with inputs from agencies