Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut.
Mumbai: With the announcement of assembly elections, there is continuous turmoil in Maharashtra politics. The state’s two largest alliances, Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi, are yet to agree on all the seats. However, on this front, Mahayuti still seems to be in better shape than Maha Vikas Aghadi. On Tuesday, in the middle of the seat sharing meeting, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut walked out and left in his car while Congress and NCP (SP) leaders continued the meeting.
‘Everything is going well at MVA’
When Sanjay Raut was asked about ticket distribution in MVA, he said everything is going well in the alliance. Raut said: ‘Everything is fine in MVA. Tomorrow we will hold a press conference. Along with Raut, Shiv Sena UBT Lok Sabha MP Anil Desai also walked out of the meeting. Reacting to the news that Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray will contest the elections from Mahim assembly seat, Raut said that in a democracy everyone has the right to participate in elections. Let us tell you that there is some uproar among the constituent parties of Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra regarding the distribution of tickets.
What happened at the MVA meeting?
Citing sources, news comes that the deadlock over seats in the MVA meeting continues even today. Many leaders including Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Sanjay Raut, Jayant Patil, Vijay Wadettivar, Varsha Gaikwad, Anil Desai, Jayant Patil and Jitendra Ahwad were present at the meeting which began around 6 pm. There is said to be still a deadlock in more than a dozen seats in MVA and efforts are underway to resolve it. If sources are to be believed, when Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat met Uddhav Thackeray today, Uddhav told him to resolve everything today, else we will release our list tomorrow.
Doubts began to arise due to Raut’s departure
Many questions arose when Sanjay Raut and Anil Desai got up and left in the middle of the meeting at 10 pm. After all, why did both leaders of the Uddhav group abandon such an important meeting midway? Was there a heated debate again today between the Congress and the Uddhav faction? Despite all the claims, the deadlock in seat distribution in MVA still persists and nothing has been clarified. Now doubts are being raised whether Uddhav will also release the list of his candidates like the SP and the Shetkari Kamgar Party.
Which seats is the problem stuck on?
If sources are to be believed, there is a contest over seats in North Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Mumbai. According to sources, talks stalled in South Nagpur, Ramtek, Warora, Chandrapur, Kamathi, Bhandara, Amravati and Daryapur seats in Vidarbha, Ghatkopar West, Bykala, Versova, Kurla, Bandra East in Mumbai and Parola-Aerodal and Nashik. West in It has happened in northern Maharashtra. Now all eyes are on the press conference that will be held on Wednesday to see if the matter is resolved among the MVA voters or not.
Crowd gathered at the MVA offices
We reported that with the process of filing nomination papers for the assembly elections beginning on Tuesday, the delay in finalizing the seat-sharing agreement among MVA allies has created concern among smaller constituent parties. As the row over seat sharing continues, small parties within the opposition camp, including the Samajwadi Party, Aam Aadmi Party, Left parties and the Peasants and Workers Party, are growing restless. The Samajwadi Party and the Peasants and Workers Party have even announced the names of candidates for some seats as the nomination process began, the last date of which is October 29.
Why are small parties worried?
They are concerned that the continued delay in seat allocation could affect the performance of small parties in the elections. In the last Lok Sabha elections, the MVA won 31 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, so smaller parties are interested in contesting the elections under the banner of the “INDIA” alliance. The NDA had won only 17 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. While the MVA’s main constituents, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), participated in the Lok Sabha elections, smaller parties played an important role in supporting the opposition alliance’s campaign without participating in the general elections.
