Mumbai, April 5 -- Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has declared candidates for 21 seats in Maharashtra, which will vote in five phases starting April 19. Shiv Sena (UBT) named two-time municipal corporator Vaishali Darekar-Rane as the party's candidate from the Kalyan parliamentary constituency, challenging current MP and CM Eknath Shind's son Shrikant Shinde.

Darekar-Rane previously fought the Lok Sabha election in 2009 when she was fielded as a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate and finished third, securing 1,02,063 votes. Anand Paranjpe, who was then with the Shiv Sena, won the election. This time Maharashtra CM Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde is contesting against her and people speculate it is challenging for Darekar.

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