The Maha Vikas Aghadi was routed within the Maharashtra Meeting election
Mumbai:
The Congress’s “overconfidence” in Maharashtra and its “angle” throughout seat-sharing talks damage Maha Vikas Aghadi’s prospects, a senior chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) has stated every week after the Opposition bloc was routed within the state polls. The BJP-led Mahayuti scored a thumping victory within the election, successful 230 seats within the 288-member Meeting.
Ambadas Danve, Chief of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council stated that the Maha Vikas Aghadi ought to have projected Uddhav Thackeray as its Chief Minister face.
“After the Lok Sabha election outcomes, the Congress was overconfident in Maharashtra like in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. This was mirrored within the outcomes. Its angle throughout seat-sharing negotiations damage us. Uddhav ji ought to have been projected because the Chief Minister face. Not doing so harmed our prospects. The outcomes would have been totally different if this was finished,” Mr Danve informed the media.
In a delicate dig on the Congress, he stated, “They had been preparing with go well with and tie even earlier than the outcomes.”
The Congress gained 13 seats within the Lok Sabha election months in the past, the very best amongst Maha Vikas Aghadi allies. Buoyed by the stellar present, the Nana Patole-led state Congress unit bargained laborious in the course of the seat-sharing talks forward of the state polls, resulting in friction within the alliance. Finally, it contested 103 seats however gained solely 16. The Sena (UBT), which contested 89 seats, managed to win 20 seats. The third ally, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, contested 87 seats and gained 10.
Mr Danve stated among the candidates of Sena (UBT) had pointed to the organisational facet, however didn’t title any celebration. He stated Sena (UBT) will put together to construct its power to the purpose the place it may possibly contest all 288 seats within the state.
On his former celebration colleague and former Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, whose rebel break up the Shiv Sena, Mr Danve stated the BJP has “many Shindes”. “The BJP has many Shindes in a number of states. The BJP makes use of and throws them away,” he stated.
The remarks come amid talks throughout the Mahayuti alliance on who would be the subsequent Chief Minister. The BJP has scored the very best amongst NDA allies and is realized to have pushed for the Chief Minister publish. After days of posturing by some Sena leaders, Mr Shinde yesterday stepped again and stated he would settle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolution on the Chief Minister publish.