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.
Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Election. Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former minister Laxman Dhobale on Wednesday joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - Sharad Pawar faction, in the presence of party MP Supriya Sule.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said on Tuesday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming assembly elections in the state will be finalised within a day or two, adding that the situation in the rival Mahayuti alliance is more chaotic than in the
Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar said that the final decision on all 288 seats for MVA for the Maharashtra assembly election will be made by this evening.
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who is party's in-charge for Maharashtra, has said that seat-sharing meetings for assembly polls were being held between Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents and an announcement is expected to be made soon.
Ahead of Maharashtra elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prem Shukla spokesperson said that everyone was aware that Sharad Pawar's agent had been working in the Shiv Sena (UBT).
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday said that there is "no dispute" within the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, adding that speed breakers may come but the party will cross the speed breakers together in seat sharing.
Pawar emphasized that the journey to rebuild a progressive and developed Maharashtra will start from Islampur in Sangli and Jayant Patil should take the responsibility on his shoulder and the party and all his colleague will back him.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav; Nationalist Congress Party's (Sharad Pawar) working president Supriya Sule; Communist Party of India (Marxist) central committee's interim leader Prakash Karat; Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) deputy general secretary Kanimozhi; CPI(M) general secret
The assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20 and the votes will be counted on November 23, the Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday.
NCP (Sharad Pawar) leader Clyde Crasto has slammed Maharashtra government over the assassination of former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique, saying it should answer why it "failed" to protect Siddique's life.