MVA’s lone winnable Rajya Sabha seat sees Congress, Sena UBT tussle| India Information
The Maha Vikas Aghadi is witnessing a tussle between its events for its lone winnable Rajya Sabha seat in Maharashtra. Days after the Shiv Sena stated it has “first proper” over the seat, the Congress has now staked declare to it citing its nationwide get together standing.
In view of this, senior leaders of the MVA alliance constituents, together with Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP), met in Mumbai on Thursday to carry discussions on the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections and the seat allocation almost about it, PTI information company reported.
Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray had final week appeared to stake his get together’s declare to the lone winnable seat for the MVA within the Rajya Sabha. Nonetheless, following this Congress’ legislature get together chief Vijay Wadettiwar proposed that the seat be allotted to the Congress on grounds of it being a nationwide get together.
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The Rajya Sabha stint for NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawarparty chief Fauzia Khan, Sena (UBT) chief Priyanka Chaturvedi, and Ramdas Athawale of RPI (Athawale), BJP’s Bhagwat Karad, Congress’s Rajani Patil and NCP’s Dhairysheel Patil, will finish. The MVA can probably ship one candidate to the Home owing to its depleted power, PTI reported.
What have Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders stated?
Earlier than Wadettiwar, Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal had final week staked his get together’s declare to the seat, however careworn {that a} united determination was wanted to successfully problem the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP).
Sapkal’s remarks got here a day after Aaditya Thackeray’s remarks. Rajya Sabha MP and Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut had additionally thereafter echoed related ideas, saying his get together had the “first proper” because the MVA’s “largest get together” within the Meeting. “The Shiv Sena (UBT) is the one largest get together within the opposition with 20 MLAs. The Congress has 16, and the NCP (SP) has 10,” Raut said.
Nonetheless, all events have asserted that the choice could be made by dialogue. Wadettiwar on Thursday stated “the MVA will contest the election unitedly”, consistent with what Sapkal had stated. “The candidate can be finalised solely with the consent of all three events,” Wadettiwar stated.