Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Saturday said that he will be meeting Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and (NCP SP) leader Sharad Pawar to discuss certain issues.
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) on Saturday announced its second list of 22 candidates for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra scheduled for November 20.
Notably, the MVA is still facing the heat from one of its allies, the Samajwadi Party, who is demanding more seats from the alliance to contest in the polls.
"I have announced five seats. They should give these five seats to me. I will wait because I don't want votes to be divided. We don't want to create a rift in the MVA for the sake of votes," Azmi said.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of Congress for the selection of candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly polls is underway at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Friday.
Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora on Friday confirmed that he will fight the Maharashtra Assembly elections from the Worli seat against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Nagpur South-West Assembly seat, Devendra Fadanvis filed his nomination on Friday and thanked Bharatiya Janata Party and its top leaders for giving him a ticket for the sixth time.
In preparation for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, a crucial meeting was held in Delhi on Thursday between Home Minister Amit Shah and leaders of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.
All three parties had already released their initial lists of candidates, but 106 seats remained unannounced. Among these, 20 to 25 seats were contentious, with claims from all three parties. This meeting aimed to address these disputes.
The Nationalist Congress party (Sharad Pawar faction) on Thursday announced a list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra scheduled for November 20.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance--comprising the Congress, the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT)--will contest 85 seats each in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.