Rahul Gandhi attends CEC Congress meeting
The second meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) in connection with the Maharashtra Assembly elections was held in Delhi on Friday. At this meeting, the names of the candidates were brainstormed. According to sources, Rahul Gandhi has expressed displeasure over ceding some seats in Vidarbha, Mumbai and Western Maharashtra to Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena UBT. The situation reached such a point that Rahul Gandhi left the meeting midway and walked away. However, even after this, the CEC meeting continued for about an hour.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi expressed his objection to the names of some candidates from Maharashtra whose names were proposed by big leaders. Rahul has also expressed his displeasure over the selection criteria of these candidates.
Many great leaders have proposed names of people close to them.
According to sources, some Congress leaders from Maharashtra have submitted names of their close ones or relatives to give tickets for many seats. There are many leaders who are asking for tickets for their families. Rahul Gandhi has also expressed his displeasure over this.
After the CEC meeting, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said that our second list will be released today and the third list will be released tomorrow. You will see our best performance in Maharashtra. The Maha Vikas Aghadi government will come to power in Maharashtra with an absolute majority. We are demanding some seats. We have tried to do justice to the OBC (candidates) in the seats we have won.
“The more Modi-Shah rallies held, the more benefits we will get”
He said the Congress will do better than the Lok Sabha in these elections. MVA government will come to Maharashtra. We gave complete information about seat sharing to Rahul Gandhi in the meeting. He said the more rallies Modi and Shah hold, the more benefits we will get.
At the same time, Congress pick in charge of the Maharashtra Assembly elections Ramesh Chennithala said everything is fine in Mahavikas Aghadi. We will compete together in the elections. There is no problem in Mahavikas Aghadi, the problem is in Mahayuti. We are all together. We will fight unitedly in these elections and form the government in Maharashtra.
