With barely a day left to file nominations, the ruling Mahayuti as well as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are facing a tough situation as candidates from allies have filed nominations against members of their alliance – leading to The exercise of seat distribution has become a bit difficult. Tricky issue.
On Monday, MVA ally NCP (SP) announced its fourth list, taking the total number of candidates fielded by alliance partners to 265 for 262 seats. NCP (SP), Congress and Shiv Sena UBT have fielded their candidates against each other in three assembly constituencies – Digras, Bhum-Paranda and Solapur South.
The total number of candidates declared by Congress is 99, SS-UBT 84 and NCP SP 82. Till now 26 candidates are yet to be announced by him.
Meanwhile, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar claimed that the MVA has reached consensus on 90% to 95% of the total 288 seats in the state. He said the MVA's fight is against those who created divisions among rival political parties and who compromised their ideology.
In another development, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Raut has warned the Congress against fielding a candidate from Solapur South, where the Sena has already announced a candidate. “Such actions could lead to similar reactions from their side and create problems for the MVA,” he said.
While the Army has fielded Amar Patil, the Congress has announced the name of Dilip Mane from Solapur South. He said, “I consider it a typing mistake of Congress. Such a mistake can also happen from our side,” Raut said. He also mentioned another problem in Miraj from where the local Congress unit is keen to field a candidate.
“We fight for more seats in Mumbai,” Raut said.
Meanwhile, Congress state chief Nana Patole has said that the party high command has decided to contest the elections from Solapur South.
On the other hand, the constituent parties of Mahayuti are also struggling with higher aspirations. On Monday, the BJP decided to field Umesh Yawalkar from Morshi (Amravati), a constituency currently represented by Devendra Bhuyar, who is supporting the government as an aide to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
The ruling party is also worried about rebellion in some places like Chandgarh (Kolhapur), from where Shivaji Patil has decided to contest against NCP MLA Rajesh Patil.
The Mahayuti has announced 260 candidates so far – 146 by the BJP, 65 by the Shiv Sena and 49 by the NCP. Decision is pending on 28 seats. The BJP has announced four seats for its allies – Badnera (district Amravati) for the Yuva Swabhiman Party, Gangakhed (district Parbhani) for the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Kalina for the Ramdas Athawale-led RPI and Jan Surajya Shakti Paksha. Shahuwadi for.
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