“City head Faraq Shabdi deliberately decided a candidate that will indirectly benefit the BJP contender. We resigned from our posts to oppose the step,” Sayyd alleged. Shabdi said, “We have ...

Kothe received 1,10,278 votes while AIMIM's Farooq Makbool Shabdi got 61,428. Solapur City Central is one of the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, located in Solapur district.