BJP retains 71 sitting MLAs on its first candidate list for the Maharashtra assembly polls, favoring old guard over new faces. Key nominees include Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrashekhar Bawankule. Despite some LS poll losses, many candidates got the nod, showing RSS’s influence in decisions. Notable replacements include jailed MLA Ganpat Gaikwad’s wife, Sulabha.