After days of deadlock, the Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday announced they will contest 85 seats each in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, though the final agreement is still under discussion. Used to be.
The three allies are discussing dividing the remaining 33 seats among themselves and with smaller parties.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai in the evening, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that a consensus has been reached on 270 out of the total 288 seats for the elections to be held on November 20.
Raut said, “We will include Samajwadi Party, PWP, CPI(M), CPI and AAP. Discussions are still going on for the remaining seats. We have amicably reached a consensus on 270 seats. Mahayuti government “MVA is united to defeat.”
State Congress chief Nana Patole said the remaining seats would be left for smaller parties. Speaking to reporters separately, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai told about the seat distribution so far.
Desai said, “The three MVA constituents have reached a consensus on 85-85 seats (total 255). Of the remaining 33 constituencies, the allies are discussing 18 seats among themselves, while the remaining constituencies (15) Will be allotted to smaller parties.”
Due to the bitter dispute between Shiv Sena and Congress on some seats, especially in Vidarbha region and Mumbai, seat sharing talks among the opposition members continued for several weeks.
The Congress is reluctant to lose ground in Vidarbha due to its strong performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
As the impasse over seat sharing continues, smaller parties in the opposition camp including Samajwadi Party (SP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Left parties and Kisan and Shramik Party (PWP) are growing restless.
It is noteworthy that Akhilesh Yadav led SP had demanded 12 seats from MVA quota and had announced candidates in five constituencies.
Candidates from different parties are flocking to the MVA offices to get tickets as the process of filing nominations has begun – the last date of which is October 29. Continued delays in seat allocation could potentially jeopardize his electoral prospects.
Since the MVA had won 31 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra in the last general elections, smaller parties are keen to contest the elections under the banner of the Indi alliance, effectively reducing the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to just 17 seats. Had given.
In the 2019 Maharashtra elections, the BJP won 105 seats and its then ally Shiv Sena (undivided) won 56 seats. The NCP (undivided), which was part of the UPA, won 54 constituencies and the Congress won 44 seats.
