Maharashtra is witnessing an increase in controversy around seat sharing in Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA). The Congress and Shiv Sena Uddhav group are more at odds over the Sangli seat. Even if the Congress is against it, Uddhav Thackeray will be holding a protest in Sangli today at 6 p.m.
Prior to this public gathering, Uddhav Thackeray is scheduled to pay a visit to the late Congress leader Vasant Dada Patil's memorial. Uddhav Thackeray is reportedly scheduled to meet with Kolhapur Congress contender Shahu Chhatrapati as well.
In the middle of this dispute over seat sharing, the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) meeting is taking place at Mumbai resident Sharad Pawar's house. There will be discussions at this meeting about seat sharing as well as the seats that are the subject of contention.
The Congress Election Committee is convening in the evening in Delhi as well. It's probable that the candidate's name will be accepted in Maharashtra.
There are prominent MVA leaders present during the gathering at Sharad Pawar's home.
The meeting at the home of NCP (Sharad faction) President Sharad Pawar is being attended by Congressmen Nana Patole and Bala Saheb Thorat. Attending the meeting are other NCP leaders, Jitendra, Jayant Patil, Anil Deshmukh, and Sanjay Raut from the Uddhav faction of the Shiv Sena. Uddhav Thackeray is not attending this meeting because he is in Kolhapur today for a public meeting.
The leaders of Maha Vikas Gadhi say that decisions about which problems to highlight in the next Lok Sabha election campaign and how to tailor various strategies seat by seat will also be taken during today's meeting. Will depart. It is possible that a significant decision about the ongoing misunderstanding around the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi will be made by the three parties.
Argument of the Uddhav group: Congress ought to award Sangli a seat in lieu of Kolhapur.
The Lok Sabha seat in Sangli has been claimed by the Congress. The Shiv Sena has chosen to field wrestler Chandrahar Patil from this seat, despite the Congress' desire for Vishal Patil, the grandson of former Chief Minister Vasant Dada Patil, to run.
The argument put forth by the Thackeray faction is that since they gave Congress their allotted number of Kolhapur seats, they ought to receive Sangli seats in exchange. Congress, nevertheless, is not prepared to offer Uddhav this seat.
An alliance between the Congress, the UBT, and Sharad Pawar's NCP in Maharashtra constitutes the seat distribution formula in the MVA. Regarding Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) party, nothing is official yet. even though discussions are still ongoing.
As per the current agreement among the three parties, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena would compete for 20 seats out of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats. Ten seats belong to Sharad Pawar's NCP, while the Congress has eighteen seats.
According to reliable sources, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) will provide two seats to the regional party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). VBA had previously asked for five seats. Apart from this, Sharad Pawar's party would back independent Raju Shetty. Regarding seat sharing, no formal notification has been made as of yet.
The two parties' 25-year cooperation ended in 2019.
In 2019, elections were also conducted in Maharashtra for 288 assembly seats. Then, the BJP and Shiv Sena became partners. With 106 MLAs, the BJP grew to become the state's largest party. The Shiv Sena secured 56 seats. Following this, Shiv Sena attempted the CM formula for 2.5 years, but the BJP was not on board.
Owing to this, Uddhav severed the 25-year alliance with the BJP a few months after the assembly elections. By joining the Mahavikas Aghadi Alliance, the Shiv Sena, the Congress (44 MLAs), and the NCP (53 MLAs) formed the government. Uddhav Thackeray was appointed chief minister.
A rift within the Shiv Sena Shinde enters the BJP in June 2022 and becomes chief minister.
Eknath Shinde and 39 other Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra chief minister at the time, in June 2022. The Shiv Sena split into two factions. The coalition administration led by Mahavikas Aghadi fell. With the BJP, Eknath Shinde formed a new administration. Devendra Fadnavis was appointed Deputy Chief Minister, and Shinde was appointed Chief Minister by the BJP.
Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, also rebelled in July 2023. Along with nine other MLAs, he left the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joined the BJP-Shinde administration. On July 2, 2023, Pawar was sworn in as Maharashtra's second Deputy Chief Minister. View the entire timeline of Maharashtra's power transition here.
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