Now there is only some time left for the elections in Maharashtra. But there is still a problem regarding seat sharing in Mahavikas Aghadi. While on one hand, the three big parties of the alliance – Congress, NCP (Sharad) and Shiv Sena (UBT) have announced that they will contest the elections for 85-85 seats, on the other hand, there is a dispute over the demands of other parties in the remaining seats. In this sequence, the Samajwadi Party has given a one-day ultimatum to the MVA. The SP has demanded 5 seats. If this does not happen, a warning has been given to candidates in 25 different seats of the INDIA block.
In fact, SP Maharashtra president Abu Asim Azmi met Sharad Pawar on Friday. During this, he demanded 5 seats and set a deadline of Saturday for the response. Giving information about this meeting, Azmi said that I asked for 5 seats. These include two existing seats (Bhiwandi East and Mankhurd). Apart from this, three more seats have been demanded for Bhiwandi West, Malegaon and Dhule city. If we get these seats, then they will be winning seats.
He told me that I will wait until tomorrow afternoon (Saturday). After that I will make my decision. I will announce 25 candidates. Akhilesh Yadav has told me that I am the decision-maker in Maharashtra. If Nawab Malik wants, he can contest the elections against me in Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar. If you don’t give representation to minorities, they will participate in elections and you will have another Haryana.
Earlier in the Maharashtra elections, Samajwadi Party chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav had said that the BJP was going to lose in the state, that the BJP alliance was going to lose and that there was going to be a big defeat.
Let us tell you that at the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) press conference on Wednesday, the sharing of 85-85 seats among the three big parties was announced. However, it was also said that discussions are still continuing to seal the final agreement. The three allies are discussing sharing the remaining 33 seats between themselves and smaller parties out of a total of 288. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut had said that out of 288 seats, a consensus had been reached on 270. Raut had said, “We will include Samajwadi Party, PWP, CPI(M), CPI and AAP. Discussions are still going on for the remaining seats. We have amicably reached a consensus on 270 seats. Grand alliance” MVA is united to defeat the government.”
The elections will be held on November 20
Voting will be held for 288 Maharashtra assembly seats on November 20. The results will be announced on November 23. In the last elections, the BJP won 105 seats, Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54 and Congress 44 seats. However, after the elections, the Shiv Sena broke away from the NDA and formed the government with the NCP-Congress. Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena became Chief Minister. There was internal discord in Shiv Sena in June 2022. Following this, Eknath Shinde sacked 40 MPs from the party. Eknath Shinde became Chief Minister with the support of the BJP. Now Shiv Sena is divided into two groups. Sharad Pawar’s NCP has also split into two factions – Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar.
What is the current strength of which party?
Talking about the current picture of the Maharashtra Assembly, BJP has 103 MLAs, Shiv Sena (Shinde) 40, NCP (Ajit Pawar) 40 and Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has three MLAs. Whereas, if we talk about Maha Vikas Aghadi, there are 43 MLAs from Congress, 15 from Shiv Sena (UBT) and 13 from NCP (Sharad Pawar). In the Maharashtra Assembly, Samajwadi Party has two MLAs, AIMIM has two, PJP has two, MNS, CPM, Shekap, Swabhimani Party, Rashtriya Samaj Party, Maharashtra Jansuraj Shakti Party and Krantikari Shetkari Party have one MLA each. one.
