<span style="color: #222222;">The BJP candidates for the upcoming by-polls in Maharashtra for Kasba Peth and Chinchwad seats filed their nominations today. The party has fielded Hemant Rasane from Kasba Peth and Mrs Ashwini Jagtap from Chinchwad seat. Both the candidates filed their nominations in the presence of Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule and state's Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakantada Patil along with other leaders from the Pune region.<br />''<br />''The byelections, scheduled to be held on 26th February, have been necessitated due to the recent death of sitting BJP MLAs – Mukta Tilak from Kasba Peth and Laxman Jagtap from Chinchwad.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the Congress candidate from Kasba Peth, Ravindra Dhangekar too filed his nomination today in the presence of state Party chief Nana Patole, former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan and others. </span><br />