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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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With only a few months left for the Maharashtra assembly elections, the state’s Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the division of seats between the ruling allies from the Ayutthaya will be over soon.
“Will distribute seats before MVA”
BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the ruling alliance’s seat-sharing formula has been finalized in about 70-80 percent of the assembly constituencies, adding that the agreement was reached well ahead of their main rival, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA It). will be decided.
“Will soon finish the seat distribution formula”
The Mahayoti (Grand Alliance) includes BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. Asked about seat sharing among the grand alliance partners and its official announcement, Devendra Fadnavis told reporters in Pune, “The seat sharing formula will be finalized soon.” However, he did not give further information about the complexity of the issue and how difficult negotiations would be.
However, Chandrashekhar Bawankule argued that people will look at the Mahayoti’s seat-sharing formula before MVA voters – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) – declare their agreement. Bawankula said, the distribution of seats has been finalized in about 70-80 percent of constituencies. The outcome of the (recent) meeting between Chief Ministers Ekanth Shinde (Shiv Sena), Fadnavis (BJP) and Praful Patel (NCP) was that the most important criterion is the candidate’s probability of victory.
Will not repeat the mistake of Lok Sabha elections – Shiv Sena
Meanwhile, Industries Minister Uday Samant, who is associated with Shiv Sena-led Ekath Shinde, said the three NDA (national grand alliance) leaders are well aware of the political situation in Maharashtra. The mistake of announcing some candidates too late (as happened during the Lok Sabha elections in the state) will not be repeated this time. We have completed the seat distribution formula for more than 75 percent of the constituencies.
NCP demands 80 seats – Chhagan Bhujbal
However, Cabinet Minister and senior NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal said about the Grand Alliance’s comprehensive agreement on seat sharing that I am not aware of. He emphasized that I am not aware of any updates regarding the seat allocation formula between the three parties, but we (the MLA) required about 80 seats to compete in the elections.
Let us tell you that in the current state assembly, BJP is the largest party with 103 MLAs, followed by Shiv Sena 40, NCP 41, Congress 40, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15, NCP (SP) 13 and others 29. Although some seats are vacant.
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