A senior Shiv Sena (UBT) chief criticised Congress, occasion’s alliance associate in Maharashtra, for its “overconfidence” and “angle” throughout seat-sharing talks, which, he mentioned, negatively impacted the prospects of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc within the lately concluded Maharashtra Meeting elections.
The BJP-led Mahayuti secured a decisive win, claiming 230 of the 288 Meeting seats, whereas the MVA alliance of Congress, Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) faction and the Uddhav Thackeray camp of Shiv Sena gained 46 seats.
Ambadas Danve, Chief of the Opposition (LoP) within the Maharashtra Legislative Council, mentioned that the MVA ought to have offered Uddhav Thackeray as its chief minister candidate. He additionally subtly took a dig on the Congress, saying, “They had been preparing with go well with and tie even earlier than the outcomes.”
“After the Lok Sabha election outcomes, the Congress was overconfident in Maharashtra like in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. This was mirrored within the outcomes. Its angle throughout seat-sharing negotiations damage us. Uddhav ji ought to have been projected because the Chief Minister face. Not doing so harmed our prospects. The outcomes would have been totally different if this was finished,” an NDTV report quoted Danve as saying.
The Congress had carried out effectively within the earlier Lok Sabha elections, successful 13 seats, probably the most among the many MVA allies. This success led to the Congress bargaining onerous for extra seats in the course of the state election talks, with stories of friction inside the alliance additionally surfacing. The occasion then managed to subject candidates on 103 seats however gained solely 16. In the meantime, the Sena (UBT) contested 89 seats and gained 20, whereas the NCP, led by Sharad Pawar, contested 87 seats and secured 10.
With out naming any specific occasion, Danve additionally advised that some candidates in Sena (UBT) had identified points associated to the organisational construction, including that Sena (UBT) would deal with strengthening itself to finally contest all 288 seats in Maharashtra.
‘Many Shindes in BJP’
On the subject of Eknath Shinde, the previous Shiv Sena chief who cut up the occasion, Danve remarked that the BJP had “many Shindes” throughout totally different states and “makes use of and throws them away.”
Danve’s remarks come because the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) or the Mahayuti alliance discusses who will tackle the chief minister function, with the BJP rising because the dominant ally after having scored the very best within the latest elections.
BJP bagged 132 seats, Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP gained 57 and 41 seats, respectively.
After days of inner debate and suspense, Eknath Shinde on Wednesday mentioned he would settle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP management’s determination on the chief minister submit.
