As expected, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has fielded Zeeshan Siddique from Bandra East for the forthcoming Assembly elections. This will be Zeeshan's second election from the same constituency, and it holds significance in the wake of his father Baba Siddique's murder last month.

Zeeshan moved to NCP (Ajit Pawar) from Congress on Friday. His father, also a former Congress MLA, had joined the Ajit Pawar faction earlier this year. Zeeshan said Ajit Pawar and his associates were a great support to him in the aftermath of his father's death. He accused the Congress leaders of conspiring against him while he was in distress. In MVA’s seat-sharing, Bandra East has been taken by Shiv Sena (UBT) which has announced Varun Sardesai's nomination for it. In 2019, Zeeshan shifted from his father's traditional seat of Bandra West to Bandra East. He beat the undivided Sena's Vishwanath Mahadeshwar. In a fight that divided votes, Sena rebel Trupti Sawant, then sitting MLA, got over 24,000 votes.