Maharastra Lok Sabha Polls: For First Time, Uddhav Thackeray To Vote For Congress

New Delhi: Maharastra goes to face a brand new image of politics, the place Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray goes to vote for the Congress, which was earlier his political foe. A break up from the BJP in 2019 noticed the emergence of a brand new alliance within the state the place Shiv Sena joined arms with Congress and Nationalist Congress Party in an unprecedented growth. 

The Congress get together has nominated Varsha Gaikwad from the Mumbai North Central parliamentary constituency of Maharastra which covers the world the place Thackeray is registered as a voter. Thus, on May 20, Thackery will neither vote for the BJP-Shiv Sena-Shinde candidate nor for his get together because the constituency went to Congress below the seat-sharing deal. Congress has fielded Varsha Gaikwad from the seat whereas Mahayuti (BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP Ajit Pawar) is but to announce its candidate. 

The Shiv Sena (UBT) president’s residence, Matoshree, is within the Vandre (Bandra) East meeting constituency, which comes below the Mumbai North Central seat, from the place the Congress candidate goes to contest the election.

In Maharastra, the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) are a part of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the place the Congress goes to contest from two Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, together with North Central. 

Congress Candidate Gaikwad is a sitting MLA and former state minister. Earlier, she met Thackeray at Matoshree and sought his assist in elections.  Gaikwad has represented the Dharavi meeting constituency, which falls below the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat, 4 consecutive occasions. 

Mumbai goes to polls in Phase-5 on May 20 for all 20 seats, together with the opposite 7 parliamentary constituencies in Maharastra.

Maha Vikas Aghadi  (MVA)

In 2019, Maharastra noticed a serious political change after the undivided Shiv Sena and the Congress have been bitter political and ideological rivals till they got here collectively to type the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. They allied with the United Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to maintain the BJP out of energy in Maharashtra. In 2022 the coalition authorities collapsed following a revolt within the Shiv Sena.