Maharashtra Assembly Polls: MVA allies remain in limbo as final nomination day nears

The CPM has announced candidates for Dahanu (ST), Kalvan (ST), Solapur Central and Nashik West. Except for the Nashik westbound and Solapur Central, the MVA allies person not announced their candidates for the remaining 2 seats. “We await immoderate benignant of connection from the 3 parties for the past two-three days. However, we haven’t heard from them. We are near with nary enactment but to determination up with our process of filing the nomination,” said Uday Narkar, CPM’s Maharashtra portion secretary.

The PWP has already declared its 5 candidates from Panvel, Uran, Alibaug, Sangola and Loha. “Since the MVA did not attack us, we held talks with Sharad Pawar ji and Uddhav Thackeray ji individually,” said Raju Korde, PWP’s Office Secretary.

Out of five, the MVA has not announced its campaigner for the Panvel seat. PWP sources assertion that irrespective of Shiv Sena – UBT announcing candidates successful Sangola and Alibaug, the enactment is successful a comfy position. However, a part of votes successful Loha and Uran could harm the prospects of the party. “The MVA was to springiness astatine slightest 18 seats to the smaller allies. What has happened to it? We person not heard thing astir it,” said Korde.

The Samajwadi Party excessively is waiting for the MVA’s communication. Party MLA Rais Shaikh said that the gathering to sermon 3 seats is apt connected Monday nighttime and the enactment hopes to find a solution. Two seats for the SP, namely Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar which is presently represented by Abu Azmi and Bhiwandi East wherever Shaikh himself is an MLA, are cleared for the party.

“We person asked for a spot each successful Malegaon and Dhule arsenic good arsenic Bhiwandi west. There has been nary connection successful this respect with us. Tomorrow is the past day of filing the information and we anticipation that the contented gets resolved contiguous itself,” helium said.

Within MVA, the Congress has cleared 102 seats portion SS-UBT and NCP-SP respectively person got 85 and 82 seats arsenic of now. According to sources wrong the Congress, the archetypal program was that the bigger parties volition springiness seats to smaller parties from their respective quotas. “However, the tussle implicit the spot sharing betwixt 3 parties forced america to alteration each the plans. However, we are assured of uncovering a solution soon,” a Congress person said.