The tussle over seat sharing continues between the alliance parties of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reached Dhule area of the state on Saturday. Answering the questions of journalists here, he said, ‘SP has asked for 12 seats in MVA. We have 2 MLAs and we are those people who sometimes get satisfied even with less seats. He also said that where the party is strong, we have declared candidates there. Now it will be interesting to see how many seats SP gets within the MVA out of the total 288 in Maharashtra.
While addressing the election rally in Dhule, Akhilesh Yadav said, ‘The culture of our India, our identity has been that even if we are people of different religions, our beauty is that we are living together. We have lived together for thousands of years. The biggest identity of our country in the world is that whoever came to India, India adopted him. Who knows how many religions got a chance to live on this earth. In this very land, many religions have been formed and are working to unite the society. Today, when we see the atmosphere, people of BJP work to spread hatred between us and you.
SP contested on 7 seats in the last assembly elections
In the assembly elections held in Maharashtra in the year 2019, SP had fielded candidates on 7 seats. 2 of them had won. However, the deposits of its candidates on the remaining seats were forfeited. The SP had joined the All India Alliance to take on the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. SP had emerged as the third largest party in the Lok Sabha elections with 37 seats after BJP and Congress. Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav was present at the swearing-in ceremony of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. While sharing a picture of himself with the leaders of the India Alliance, he wrote, ‘Unity is India.’ It is known that elections for 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra will be held on November 20. Counting of votes will take place on November 23.
