Congress leader Hussain Dalwai demands that Muslims should get at least 24 seats in Maharashtra assembly elections

Maharashtra is going to hold assembly elections in November this year. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is continuously holding meetings in this regard. On the other hand, the Mahayoti Alliance is strategizing for the upcoming elections. But at the same time, the demands made by senior Congress leader Hussain Dalwai on Friday may add to the problems of the MVA. In fact, Dalwai demanded that Muslims be given 24 seats in the MVA. Hussain Dalwai is a member of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He said that Muslims should be given proper representation and for this he demanded 24 seats.

MVA meeting held on Friday

Let us tell you that an important meeting was held at Sofitel Bandra to discuss the issue of seat sharing for Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Uddhav party Sanjay Raut, Anil Desai, Congress party Nana Patole, Vijay Waditiwar, Balasaheb Thorat, Sharad party Jayant Patil, Jitendra Awad attended the meeting. The meeting lasted for about four hours.

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Mahavikas Aghadi leaders have completed the first round of discussions on seat sharing in Maharashtra (except Vidarbha region). According to sources, the three component parties have agreed on 120 to 130 seats out of the total 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, the parties that won the 2019 assembly elections will contest again on the same seats. However, around 10 to 20 per cent of the seats won earlier will be exchanged.

In the four-hour meeting, various constituencies in Mumbai-Konkan, Marathwada, West Maharashtra, and North Maharashtra were discussed in detail. Earlier, the meeting was held on September 18. The entire process lasted for about three and a half hours. In this meeting, Uddhav faction occupied 20 seats in Mumbai, Congress occupied 18 seats, and Sharad faction occupied 7 seats. There are rumors that there will be a fight between the Congress and Uddhav group for 6 seats.