In poll fallout, Shiv Sena (UBT) in Pune wants to go it alone for civic polls; Congress keen to continue as MVA

Elections to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) were past held successful 2017. With the caller authorities acceptable to beryllium sworn successful soon, the long-delayed civic elections are apt to beryllium held successful the adjacent fewer months.

Tharkude pointed retired that the BJP has already captured the areas that were Shiv Sena strongholds successful Pune. “The upcoming civic polls should not beryllium astir winning seats; it is simply a accidental to reactivate the organisation astatine the section level for a amended future,” helium added.

Tharkude’s remarks travel astatine a clip erstwhile the undivided Shiv Sena has 12 members successful the 152-member PMC. The main tussle successful the civic assemblage has been betwixt the BJP and the NCP. In 2017, the BJP came to powerfulness successful the PMC for the archetypal clip by dislodging the NCP-Congress rule; the NCP was the main Opposition party. There person been nary civic polls since but the adjacent predetermination is apt to wounded some factions of the NCP.

Though the MVA enjoyed occurrence successful the Lok Sabha elections by winning 31 of the 48 seats successful the state, it lone won 46 seats successful the Assembly elections. Despite the mediocre performance, however, Prashant Jagtap, Pune NCP (SP) chief, said that helium believed the Congress, NCP(SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) should contention the PMC elections arsenic MVA.

“This is due to the fact that the ruling parties are misusing powerfulness to harm the societal structure. The civic elections besides got delayed by 2 years owed to their incorrect stand,” Jagtap said. “The sentiment of Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders mightiness beryllium different. I judge agreed we should halt the incorrect governmental parties from coming to powerfulness successful the civic body,” Jagtap added.

Pune Congress main Arvind Shinde it was clip to judge the world of existent authorities and look arsenic a beardown contender to rival BJP and its confederation partners. “The enactment enactment struck a pre-poll confederation for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and made the enactment cadre of confederation partners travel unneurotic and campaign. Going separately would mean the aforesaid cadre would combat against each other. This would payment the rivals,” helium said.