On Tuesday, senior opposition leaders announced at a joint press conference that the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra has finalised a deal for the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats.
Under the agreement, the faction of Shiv Sena led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will contest on 21 seats. The Congress party will contest on 17 seats, while the remaining 10 seats will be contested by the group led by Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party. Maha Vikas Aghadi, an opposition alliance in Maharashtra, has Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP as its constituents.
Highlighting the resolve to counter what they perceive as a dictatorial government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress leader Nana Patole emphasised the unity among their workers nationwide in opposition to such governance.
Meanwhile, according to information, Thackeray’s Shiv Sena will also be contesting four out of Mumbai’s six seats, namely North West, South Central, South, and South East seats. The Congress party, on the other hand, will contest the remaining two seats, namely North and North Central.
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The Bhiwandi and Sangli seats in Maharashtra, which were contested by all three parties, posing a threat to the alliance talks, have been allocated to Pawar’s NCP and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, respectively.
Patole expressed satisfaction with the resolution, stating that their workers would now focus on ensuring victory for the MVA candidates in both seats.
Stressing the primary goal of ousting the BJP, he affirmed the collective effort towards achieving this objective.
Echoing a sentiment of progress and the importance of moving forward, Thackeray emphasized that the deal was struck with the aim of winning the election, leaving the decision in the hands of the people.
Pawar assured that candidates for the remaining seats would be announced shortly.
The agreement on seat-sharing within the MVA in Maharashtra comes after Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, which holds significant support among Dalit communities, withdrew from discussions.
Despite prolonged negotiations, an agreement could not be reached. Ambedkar sought five seats for his party, whereas the MVA was reportedly willing to offer only two.
Expressing concerns about the lack of transparency and unresolved issues within the alliance, Ambedkar suggested uncertainties regarding its stability and questioned the handling of the 15 remaining seats.
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