There is exactly one month left for Maharashtra Assembly elections, but till now the opposition alliance MVA has not presented the seat sharing formula. There are also reports that there is a lot of tension going on between Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). Veteran leaders of both the parties and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar have reached the doorstep. Voting will be held in the state on November 20.
Congress meetings canceled
According to a Times of India report, AICC’s election and screening committee meetings were to be held on Sunday, but they were canceled due to lack of consensus on seat sharing. It is being said that the committees can meet again in the next 1-2 days. Here, talks on seat sharing had started again in MVA on Saturday.
giving such signals
Talking to the newspaper, a Congress official said that if there is no consensus on seat sharing, the party is ready for any situation. At the same time, senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has also said that anything can happen in politics. On Saturday itself, Congress Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala had met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Udd Thackeray and Pawar.
Pawar’s gate
It is reported that Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aditya Thackeray and MLC Anil Parab have also met senior Pawar. According to the newspaper, officials say that the meeting was held because of the manifesto, but political experts believe that the feud over the seat has not been completely calmed down yet. This continues especially between Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress. On Sunday, Uddhav Thackeray also held a meeting of party officials in Matoshree.
CWC member Naseem Khan has also been fielded by AICC to handle the situation. He told the newspaper, ‘I had a short meeting with Sharad Pawar regarding the disputed seats. Being the architect of MVA, he has met both Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut. I am confident that the dispute will be resolved after Sharad Pawar’s intervention.
According to the report, the Congress official said about Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), ‘Their demands are not real. They are demanding such seats where their presence is almost zero.