Uddhav Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar
BJP’s first list has further increased the tension of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra. Here, Uddhav Thackeray has increased the problems of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Uddhav Thackeray has given an ultimatum to Congress. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena said that decide seat sharing otherwise we will release our party’s list. Amidst this rift, a joint press conference of Mahavikas Aghadi is to be held today.
NCP can release the list today
All three parties of Mahavikas Aghadi alliance have prepared their respective lists of candidates. In such a situation, if there is no agreement on seat sharing, then all the parties will release the list of their respective candidates. According to sources, the first list of NCP(SP) candidates has been prepared. In this list of NCP (SP), the leaders who supported Sharad Pawar during Ajit Pawar’s rebellion have been given a prominent place.
Names of possible candidates of NCP (SP)
- Jayant Patil – Islampur
- Anil Deshmukh – Katol
- Jitendra Awhad – Kalwa Mumbra
- Rohini Khadse – Muktainagar
- Rohit Pawar – Karjat Jamkhed
- Rohit Patil – Tasgaon
- Rakhi Jadhav – Ghatkopar East
- Rajesh Tope – Ghansawangi
- Balasaheb Patil – Karad North
- Prajakt Tanpure – Rahuri
- Sunil Bhusra – Vikramgarh
- Ashok Pawar – Shirur
- Mansingh Naik – Shirala
- Shashikant Shinde – Karegaon
- Harshvardhan Patil – Indapur (recently switched from BJP to NCP)
Apart from this, influential leaders who have recently joined NCP (SP) after leaving the Ajit Pawar faction can also be fielded in the election.
24 hour ultimatum to Congress
Uddhav Thackeray has called an emergency meeting today. Congress has been given an ultimatum of 24 hours. Uddhav said that if Congress does not respond within 24 hours, Thackeray Sena will release its first list, but to ensure that the message does not go wrong in public, potential candidates have been asked to campaign from now on. Along with this, Uddhav demands that the three big parties will give seats from their respective quotas to the smaller parties included in the Aghadi.
Disagreement over Vidarbha and Marathwada seats
It is being told that Uddhav Thackeray is very angry with Congress’s dangling and distracting methods. The matter has escalated between Thackeray’s Shiv Sena Sena and Congress over the seats of Vidarbha and Marathwada.
Clash over 28 in MVA
Actually, there is a tussle over 28 seats in Mahavikas Aghadi. Congress wants to base its performance in the Lok Sabha, while Shiv Sena is seeking seats in Vidarbha and Marathwada on the basis of 2019 assembly election results. However, NCP Sharad faction has no dispute regarding seats.