Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also present in the meeting held at Amit Shah's house. (file)
NDA forces met for two and a half hours at Amit Shah's house late last night regarding seat sharing in Maharashtra. In which Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar were present. In the meeting, BJP, Shiv Sena Shinde and NCP Ajit Group have agreed on 288 assembly seats in the state.
According to sources, BJP will field its candidates on 155 seats, Shiv Sena's Shinde faction on 78 seats and NCP's Ajit Pawar faction on 55 seats. In the meeting, it was agreed to give some seats to small parties as well. After the instruction of Amit Shah, the issue regarding some seats will be resolved at the state level.
Both Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have returned to Maharashtra after meeting Amit Shah in Delhi, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is still reported to be in Delhi. According to sources, BJP has to give seats to smaller parties from its quota. If neither party has a winning candidate, it can be plus-minus in 5 places.
Besides CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar were also present in the meeting which lasted for 2 hours at Amit Shah's house. (file)
BJP may announce the first list of 106 names today BJP is likely to announce the first list of names of candidates for 106 seats today after agreeing on the seat sharing formula. These will almost certainly be the seats where the big faces of the party will contest. Names like Devendra Fadnavis are included.
Raj Thackeray's son can also contest elections The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is considering fielding Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray. Mumbai's Mahim and Bhandup West assembly seats are being reviewed for Amit Thackeray. Sada Saravankar of Shinde Sena is the current MLA from Mahim seat. Thackeray Sena's Ramesh Korgaonkar is the sitting MLA from Bhandup West assembly seat.
If MNS fields Amit Thackeray from Mahim Assembly seat, Shiv Sena (UBT) may consider not fielding its candidate from this seat. When Aditya Thackeray contested the 2019 assembly elections for the first time, the MNS did not field its candidate from the Worli seat.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mahayutti's candidate Rahul Shewale got a lead of around 14 thousand in the Mahim assembly seat due to the support of MNS. That is why MNS feels that Mahim assembly seat can be safe for Amit Thackeray.
Sharad Pawar said – Patil will take a decision regarding seat distribution in MVA Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that a consensus has been reached among the three allies of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on 200 of the total 288 seats for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra. MVA consists of NCP (SP), Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT).
In Satara, Maharashtra, Pawar said that the results of the Haryana elections will not have any impact on the Maharashtra elections. Congress has faced defeat from BJP in Haryana. In response to a question, he said, 'I am not directly involved in the discussion of seat sharing.'
Jayant Patil (NCP-SP state unit chief) is representing the party. According to the information received from him, agreement has been reached on 200 seats out of total 288 seats. When asked which seats the NCP would seek in Satara district, he said that Patil would decide on seat distribution.
Congress CEC will meet on October 20 The Maharashtra Congress will hold a Central Election Committee meeting on October 20, in which the list of candidates for the state will be finalised. After the Maharashtra Election Screening Committee meeting at Himachal Bhawan in Delhi on Wednesday, party in-charge for assembly elections Ramesh Chennithala said that we will hold another meeting on October 20 and everything will be finalised.
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