Maharashtra Assembly Elections - Sanjay Raut Expresses Disappointment Over MVA Seat-Sharing Talks - The Hindu

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 2

10/18/24, 3:34 PM Maharashtra Assembly elections: Sanjay Raut expresses disappointment over MVA seat-sharing talks - The Hindu

Maharashtra Assembly elections:


Sanjay Raut expresses
disappointment over MVA seat-
sharing talks
Talking to reporters, Sanjay Raut said MVA partners — the Congress, the Shiv
Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar — have reached
a consensus on 200 of the 288 Assembly seats
Updated - October 18, 2024 01:58 pm IST - Mumbai
PTI

Sanjay Raut. File | Photo Credit: PTI


Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday (October 18, 2024) expressed
disappointment over the delay in the seat-sharing talks among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
partners and claimed that Maharashtra Congress leaders are “not capable of making
decisions”.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Raut said MVA partners – the Congress, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and
the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar [NCP(SP)] — have reached a consensus on
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra/mva-seat-sharing-talks-sanjay-raut-expresses-disappointment-says-state-congress-leaders… 1/2
10/18/24, 3:34 PM Maharashtra Assembly elections: Sanjay Raut expresses disappointment over MVA seat-sharing talks - The Hindu

200 of the 288 Assembly seats.


MVA reaches consensus on 260 seats in Maharashtra
The Rajya Sabha member said he spoke to Congress general secretaries K.C. Venugopal
and Mukul Wasnik and the party's Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala on
Friday (October 18, 2024) morning over seat-sharing. The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said he
would also speak to top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi later in the day.
“The pending decision should be expedited. Very little time is left. Maharashtra Congress
leaders are not capable of making decisions. They have to send the list to Delhi frequently
and then discussions happen. The decision will have to be taken at the earliest,” Mr. Raut
said.
Late on Thursday evening (October 17, 2024), Maharashtra Congress president Nana
Patole said that a list of 20-25 Assembly constituencies where MVA partners have
overlapping claims will be sent to the high commands of each party to resolve the
stalemate.
Mahayuti seat-sharing: CM Shinde needs to make ‘sacrifices’ like we did, says BJP
leader Bawankule
Mr. Patole told reporters that the MVA leaders involved in seat-sharing talks had a final
meeting on Thursday (October 17, 2024). He said attempts were being made to declare the
seat-sharing arrangement for all 288 constituencies by October 18-19.
In the Lok Sabha elections, the MVA performed impressively winning 30 of the 48 seats
in Maharashtra. Assembly polls in the State will be held on November 20 and votes will
be counted on November 23.
Published - October 18, 2024 01:56 pm IST

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra/mva-seat-sharing-talks-sanjay-raut-expresses-disappointment-says-state-congress-leaders… 2/2

You might also like