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“Those who are miffed oregon haven’t got a summons mightiness accidental anything. But yet we springiness tickets to those who tin combat to win,” Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad said. (Express record photograph by Sankhadeep Banerjee)
As the seat-sharing deadlock continues successful the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) with 2 days to spell earlier nominations adjacent for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, a conception of the Congress’s Mumbai portion is unhappy astir losing retired to state Shiv Sena (UBT) of Uddhav Thackeray connected the dialog array and the seats the enactment allotted to the party.
Of the 36 Assembly seats successful Mumbai, the Congress asked for 18 seats, Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad told The Indian Express successful a caller interview, adding that it was based connected the Lok Sabha canvass results successful which the enactment contested 2 of Mumbai’s six parliamentary seats and won one. While the enactment has declared candidates successful 9 constituencies, it is apt to get lone 1 more. A conception of Congress leaders successful the metropolis alleged favouritism successful the prime of candidates but Gaikwad dismissed these reports of discord alleging that “people with vested interests” were spreading rumours.
Those unhappy claimed the enactment had failed to unafraid “respectable seats” and ensured tickets for lone a fistful of leaders oregon their kin. Sitting MLAs Aslam Sheikh and Amin Patel person been fixed their constituencies of Malad West and Mumbadevi. Gaikwad’s sister Jyoti has got the constituency of Dharavi contempt absorption wrong the enactment whereas erstwhile curate and ex-MLA Naseem Khan has been fielded from Chandivli.
There was a propulsion wrong the Congress for Versova, Bandra East, and Byculla but the enactment failed to get immoderate of these from the Shiv Sena (UBT). Sources said a enactment MLA was funny successful getting the Versova summons for his son-in-law and erstwhile it became wide helium would not get the summons helium convinced the enactment to springiness up its assertion connected the seat, they alleged.
Congress person Sachin Sawant got the summons from Andheri West but subsequently issued a connection requesting the precocious bid to alteration its decision. “I asked for a summons from Bandra East. In the seat-sharing arrangement, the spot went to our ally. I convey my enactment enactment for considering maine arsenic a campaigner from Andheri West. However, I person requested the enactment to alteration the decision,” Sawant said. Gaikwad said Sawant’s petition had been conveyed to the precocious command.
Another spot wherever the Congress campaigner initially appeared reluctant is Bandra West. The enactment fielded erstwhile corporator Asif Zakaria against Mumbai BJP main Ashish Shelar. According to sources, Zakaria was not funny successful contesting the predetermination and was convinced astatine the past infinitesimal aft erstwhile Lok Sabha MP Priya Dutt remained steadfast connected not contesting the Assembly polls.
The party’s Charkop campaigner Yashwant Singh was besides not initially funny successful warring from the constituency, according to sources. “He is with the party’s northbound Indian cell. He had asked for the summons from Kandivali East arsenic it has a sizable northbound Indian population. Instead, a Gujarati campaigner has been fixed successful Kandivali (Kalu Badheliya),” said a leader.
Gaikwad, however, claimed that the enactment had fixed tickets based connected merit. “Those who are miffed oregon haven’t got a summons mightiness accidental anything. But yet we springiness tickets to those who tin combat to win,” she said.
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