KC Venugopal (proper) and Uddhav Thackeray. (File pics/Twitter)
According to sources, aside from opposition unity on the nationwide entrance, in the closed-door assembly, the duo mentioned the chance of an alliance for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and different native physique elections
Though Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar has cleared the air that he has no plans to make a swap, the political state of affairs in Maharashtra stays unsure and it has created a flutter inside the Maha Vikas Aghadi. But the current assembly between Congress’s KC Venugopal and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray was of excessive significance.
According to sources, aside from opposition unity on the nationwide entrance, in the closed-door assembly, the duo mentioned the chance of an alliance for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and different native physique elections. However, no ultimate determination has been made in this regard.
After assuming the workplace of Mumbai Congress chief, Bhai Jagtap had taken a stand that his occasion ought to contest the BMC elections on its personal. In this regard, he had even met high Congress leaders in Delhi. But after the assembly of Venugopal and Thackeray, there’s a sense that each one stakeholders of the MVA could combat the upcoming polls in an alliance towards the Bharatiya Janata Party and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
As per sources near ‘Matoshree’ (Thackeray’s residence), Uddhav and Venugopal additionally talk about that if the native physique elections are fought collectively below the banner of MVA, it should assist all stakeholders. The ultimate determination will probably be made by the Congress excessive command and Uddhav Thackeray.
The BMC elections have been due for greater than a yr. For the previous yr, the BMC commissioner has been working because the civic physique’s administrator. In the final BMC election, the Shiv Sena received 84 wards and bought outdoors help of the BJP that bagged 82. The Congress had received 32 and NCP 9.
The BMC is the richest civic physique in the nation, and for greater than 20 years Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena has been in energy right here. But after the cut up in the occasion and the unique title and image going to Eknath Shinde, even Uddhav’s outfit is in search of a robust associate to combat the polls. So the Maha Vikas Aghadi contesting the elections as a bloc could get a bonus.
A supply from Mumbai Congress stated, “KC Venugopal has invited Uddhav Thackeray to Delhi and there’s a likelihood that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi may additionally come to Mumbai to fulfill him. There is a risk that proposal of an alliance for native physique elections could get mentioned at these conferences.”
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