A meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) was held at the Congress headquarters in Delhi on Monday to chart the strategy for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Party President Malikajun Khargage, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Venugopal, Madhusudan Mistry, Salman Khushid attended the meeting. Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad and Congress MP Ramesh, who is in charge of Maharashtra elections ·Ramesh Chennithala attended the meeting.
According to Congress sources, all parties in the Indian block have reached a consensus on the distribution of seats for the Jharkhand elections. The JMM is likely to contest on 41 seats, the Congress on 29 seats, the RJD on six seats and the Left party on five seats. Another round of talks will be held among MVA allies in Maharashtra on the seat-sharing issue. At the Congress Central Executive Committee meeting, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole highlighted the continued seat sharing among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies before the party high command question.
Congress finalizes list of 50 candidates for Maharashtra
In its meeting today, the Congress Central Election Committee approved the list of around 60 candidates for the Maharashtra elections, out of which 50 candidates have been confirmed to have received tickets. The high command has entrusted the responsibility of resolving the seat-sharing issue with MVA allies to Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat. Thorat will meet Sharad Pawar and Uddhav tomorrow to resolve their differences. Let us tell you that there is a difference of opinion between the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena over 12 seats in Vidarbha region and Nashik west.
MVA 30-40 seats issue stuck, meeting will be held again tomorrow
After the Central Election Committee meeting, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said in an interview with the media, “We (Congress) discussed 96 seats today.” There are some seats under discussion, but We didn’t discuss it. Tomorrow we will talk to Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray. There is no consensus on 30-40 seats. But we will find a way. Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala dismissed the possibility of a split in the MVA and said: “Congress, Sharad Pawar-led National Congress Party (NCP) and Uddhav “The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena will unite to contest the Maharashtra Assembly elections and our government will be formed.” There is no resentment in the MVA.
Reiterating the same sentiment, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar said: “By tomorrow (October 22) evening, we will finalize 17 seats.” Vidarbha’s 6- There are issues with 7 seats and these will also be addressed. We will contest the elections as Maha Vikas Aghadi. Since 3 parties share 288 seats, it will take some time. Final decisions on all 288 seats will be made tomorrow evening. Sharad Pawar stayed at YB Chavan Center in Mumbai on Monday, along with Congress leader Naseem Khan, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Rao He was met by Sanjay Raut, Anil Parab and SP leader Anil Deshmukh.
The BJP has announced a list of 99 candidates here.
The Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) are divided over the MVA seat allocation issue. This also led to a spat between state Congress president Nana Patole and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. Uddhav Thackeray urged the MVA Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led National Communist Party (NCP) to avoid further deterioration of the situation. In contrast, the ruling Grand Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, indicating its readiness.
Chief Minister Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis discussed Mahayut’s alliance seats after meeting Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi two days ago. Distribution arrangements are agreed upon. If sources are to be believed, the BJP can contest in 156 seats, the Shiv Sena Party in 78 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party in 54 seats. The 288-member Maharashtra Assembly elections will go to polls on November 20. In Jharkhand, the assembly elections will be held in two phases from November 13 to 20. The election results of both states will be announced on November 23.
