Maharashtra polls: No differences among MVA partners, says Anil Desai

There is nary deadlock among the MVA partners — Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT), Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) — connected immoderate circumstantial constituency and seat-sharing details volition beryllium disclosed soon, helium said.

Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly are apt to beryllium held successful November.

Asked whether the Shiv Sena (UBT) volition contention maximum seats successful Mumbai, Desai said, “Yes. Mumbai is besides Shiv Sena’s bastion and it volition proceed to beryllium so, and truthful volition beryllium MMR (Mumbai Metropolitan Region), Konkan and different parts of the state.”

“However, the winning origin is important and it volition beryllium an important criteria for seat-sharing irrespective of who gets however galore seats,” helium said.

On whether the Shiv Sena (UBT) volition springiness tickets to Muslims, Desai said the determination connected it volition beryllium taken by enactment main Uddhav Thackeray.

Tickets volition besides beryllium fixed to caller and young faces arsenic Aaditya Thackeray represents the younker look of the party, helium said.

On Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray’s caller gathering with authorities Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Desai dubbed MNS the “B” squad of the BJP and claimed it works arsenic per its directions.

Asked if Uddhav Thackeray volition tract immoderate campaigner against his estranged relative Raj Thackeray’s lad Amit Thackeray successful the upcoming polls, Desai parried the question and said a determination connected this volition beryllium taken by his enactment head.

Desai besides defended Congress person Rahul Gandhi’s remarks connected preservation during his caller travel to the US, which had evoked crisp reactions successful India. He claimed Gandhi’s remarks were wholly misinterpreted done edited video clips.

Notably, Gandhi told students of the Georgetown University that the Congress would deliberation of scrapping reservations erstwhile “India is simply a just place”, which helium said is not the lawsuit close now.

However, astatine a property enactment successful the US later, Gandhi said helium was misquoted to amusement helium was against reservations. “I person been saying again and again and again, we are going to summation reservations beyond 50 per cent,” the Lok Sabha subordinate clarified.