Former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi is said to be angry over the seat allocation in Maharashtra. The Central Election Committee of the Congress party held a meeting at the party headquarters in Delhi on Friday to discuss the Maharashtra Assembly elections. If sources are to be believed, Rahul Gandhi left the meeting midway. He was angry at losing seats held by the Congress party to MVA ally Shiv Sena (UBT).
According to Congress sources, at the Central Election Commission meeting, Rahul Gandhi expressed his disapproval of Maharashtra Congress leaders for giving Congress seats in districts like Vidarbha and Mumbai to Shiv Sena Army (UBT) decision was questioned. Among other things, he was angry about the list of candidates provided by the screening committee to the Central Election Commission. He said the names gave a sense of favoritism to many of the country’s leaders.
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Rahul Gandhi believes that Congress leaders in Maharashtra did not play their due role in the seat-sharing talks. He expressed dissatisfaction and walked out of the Central Election Commission meeting midway. The high command has entrusted senior Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat with the responsibility of forming an alliance with Maharashtra allies, Sharad Pawar’s NCP and Uddhav · Thackeray’s Shiv Sena in talks for Vidarbha and Mumbai seats.
Let us tell you that the Maharashtra Assembly elections are less than a month away but Maha Vikas Aghadi has failed to reach a consensus on seat allocation. The Congress, Uddhav Sena and Sharad Pawar’s party had earlier said at a press conference that the three parties have decided to contest the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly elections. 85-85 seats, the decision on the remaining 33 seats will also be decided by the Parliament. It will be done soon. However, it later emerged that there was no consensus on seat sharing among the three MVA parties.
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Let us tell you that Samajwadi Party is also demanding 5 seats in Mumbai. Samajwadi Party Maharashtra unit president Abu Azmi said on Friday that if we fail to get 5 seats in the MVA by 5 pm on Saturday, we will be among the 25 Send out candidates. Now, a new formula is emerging where Congress can contest from 102 to 104 seats, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena from 90 to 95 seats and Sharad Pa Sharad Pawar’s National Congress Party (NCP) is running for 70 to 75 seats.
The CEC meeting of the Congress was attended by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, organizational general secretary KC Venugopal, Congress Party Maharashtra election in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, Congress Party Maharashtra president Nana Patole and some other senior leaders associated with the leadership of the country. Mahayuthi, on the other hand, has all but decided on shared seating. The grand alliance includes the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP. All three political parties have announced their first lists of candidates.
