Voting in Maharashtra might be held in a single section on November 20.
Mumbai:
In an indication of variations between the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena and the Congress only a month earlier than the Maharashtra Meeting elections, the regional get together has mentioned it is not going to maintain seat-sharing discussions with state Congress President Nana Patole.
On Thursday, sources within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, comprising the Congress, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP), had mentioned {that a} consensus had been reached on 260 of the state’s 288 Meeting constituencies.
Talking on Friday, nonetheless, senior Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief and MP Sanjay Raut mentioned the allies had agreed on solely 200 seats and took a dig at Nana Patole with out naming him, saying leaders within the Maharashtra Congress leaders are “not able to taking selections”.
Mr Raut mentioned he had spoken to Congress common secretaries KC Venugopal and Mukul Wasnik and the get together’s Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and would additionally speak to Rahul Gandhi later within the day.
“The pending resolution needs to be expedited. Little or no time is left. Maharashtra Congress leaders are usually not able to making selections. They need to ship the record to Delhi steadily after which discussions occur. The choice (on seat-sharing) must be taken on the earliest,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
Sources advised EDNBOX that the variations between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress arose as a result of the Uddhav Thackeray-led get together wished to contest extra seats within the Vidarbha area, which Mr Patole was not keen to concede.
Driving excessive on its efficiency in Maharashtra within the Lok Sabha elections, by which it emerged because the single-largest get together with 13 of 48 seats, the Congress is hoping to do effectively in Vidarbha, the place it has had a superb monitor report in earlier elections as effectively. The area can be a stronghold of Mr Patole.
Sources mentioned Mr Chennithala will meet Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai to kind out the variations between the events.
Whereas it’s unclear what impression the choice of the Shiv Sena (UBT) can have on the Maha Vikas Aghadi, sources mentioned the variations could harm the coalition in its combat with the ruling Mahayuti alliance.
The opposition alliance was seen to be within the driver’s seat after its efficiency within the Lok Sabha elections, by which it managed to win 30 constituencies in Maharashtra, however the BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction)-NCP (Ajit Pawar) faction coalition has been energised after the Haryana outcomes by which the BJP managed to drag off its best-ever efficiency regardless of battling anti-incumbency after two straight phrases.
Voting in Maharashtra might be held in a single section on November 20 and counting will happen on November 23.