Lucknow/Mumbai. Assembly elections are to be held in Maharashtra on 20 November. The opposition there is Mahavikas Aghadi, the opposition alliance of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena-UBT and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. There is still no complete agreement on seat distribution among the constituent parties of Mahavikas Aghadi. Sharad Pawar himself has talked about forming a consensus on 200 seats in Mahavikas Aghadi. In this way, it is yet to be decided which party will contest on how many more 88 seats. Amidst all this, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has also put forward his demand before Mahavikas Aghadi. Hear yourself how many seats Akhilesh Yadav demanded from Mahavikas Aghadi for Maharashtra Assembly elections.
#WATCH Lucknow, UP: On seat sharing for Maharashtra elections, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav says, “I am going Maharashtra tomorrow. Our effort will be to contest with the INDIA alliance. We have asked for seats. We had 2 MLAs, we hope that we will get more seats. In UP also, it will… pic.twitter.com/R7vP1nY1Fi
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2024
This statement of Akhilesh Yadav came after the news that Maharashtra Samajwadi Party President and MLA Abu Asim Azmi was not invited to the meeting being held on Thursday i.e. today on the seat distribution of Mahavikas Aghadi. Abu Asim Azmi had written in a post on . Abu Asim Azmi had also said that in such a situation, he would like approval from Akhilesh Yadav that no matter what the outcome of Maharashtra Assembly elections may be, but wherever his party is strong, elections should be contested on as many seats as possible. Now listen to what Abu Asim Azmi has said along with Akhilesh Yadav’s statement.
#breaking Samajwadi Party seeks 12 seats in Maharashtra
“The SP is demanding a minimum of 12 seats, but whatever Akhilesh Yadav says, we will accept”, says @abuasimazmi while speaking to @Nilesh_isme @MadhavGK with more details. pic.twitter.com/y70T7IqA44
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 16, 2024
There are 288 seats in Maharashtra Assembly. 145 seats are required for majority. Mahavikas Aghadi is in direct competition on all the seats with the grand alliance of ruling BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP. Apart from Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, BSP supremo Mayawati has also announced to field her candidates. If talks do not work out between Samajwadi Party and Mahavikas Aghadi, then the contest for Maharashtra Assembly elections will become even more angled. In such a situation, Congress, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP may also get a shock.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole, NCP faction’s Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena’s UBT’s Uddhav Thackeray are talking about seat sharing.
