With a couple of weeks remaining within the basic elections, Congress has equipped the talks with its INDIA allies to finalise the seat-sharing deal. The Congress’ Central Election Committee held a gathering on Wednesday and finalised 12 candidates in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.
Maharashtra unit occasion President Nana Patole mentioned that candidates have been finalised for 12 seats and the occasion will maintain a gathering with Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar at this time to finalize the remaining seats.
Speaking to ANI Nana Patole mentioned, “We have mentioned at the least 18-19 seats of Maharashtra, now we have finalized at the least 12 seats and tomorrow morning now we have a gathering with Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray. Final discussions will probably be held and all seats will probably be introduced by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow…”
The assembly of the CEC was attended by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Congress basic secretary Okay C Venugopal and different panel members. Rahul Gandhi, who can be a member of the panel, was not current throughout the assembly.
On the announcement of the Maharashtra candidates checklist for Lok Sabha elections, occasion chief Ramesh Chennithala mentioned, “We are going to announce some seats and later we will announce other seats also. Maha Vikas Aghadi is intact and we are all going together…”
The panel headed by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has been deliberating on the candidates’ checklist for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
On asserting candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Congress MP KC Venugopal mentioned, “Anytime it can be expected.”
The Congress has to date introduced 82 candidates in two lists for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls starting on April 19.
Amid the swiftly altering allegiances amongst political leaders in Maharashtra, Bajrang Sonawane, beforehand aligned with Ajit Pawar’s faction inside the NCP, made a major transfer by becoming a member of Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The occasion came about in Pune, with Sharad Pawar and State President Jayant Patil current.
Sonawane, hailing from Beed district, Maharashtra, was thought to be a staunch supporter of Ajit Pawar and Dhananjay Munde following the break up within the NCP final yr. Notably, he accompanied Ajit Pawar when the latter joined the Eknath Shinde-led Grand Alliance authorities whereas serving because the NCP president for Beed district.
In the previous, Sonawane contested in opposition to Pritam Munde within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for the Beed seat, placing up a formidable problem.
During the Pune occasion on the NCP SP headquarters, Sonawane expressed his determination to affix Sharad Pawar’s camp with out harbouring any expectations. He acknowledged his readiness to undertake any duty entrusted to him by Pawar.
Sonawane pledged his full assist to the NCP’s candidate from Beed, highlighting his enduring loyalty to the occasion. He emphasised that his determination to modify sides was influenced by the feelings of quite a few occasion employees who felt discontented elsewhere.
(*12*) the gathering, Sharad Pawar acknowledged Sonawane’s return and his previous electoral efficiency. Pawar indicated that the occasion’s senior management would deliberate on fielding Sonawane within the upcoming elections. He thanked the occasion employees for his or her assist and guaranteed them {that a} determination relating to the Beed constituency candidate could be made after cautious consideration by senior leaders.
Pawar emphasised the significance of not swiftly making political selections primarily based solely on localized points and pressured the necessity for considerate deliberation earlier than finalizing candidate alternatives.
(With company inputs)
