Three major MVA constituents to be allotted less than 100 seats each: Sanjay Raut

Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut told The Indian Express, “I deliberation each the 3 constituents volition get little than 100 seats retired of the 288 Assembly seats successful Maharashtra.”

Raut’s absorption came aft leaders of Maharashtra Congress said retired of the 225 seats finalised truthful far, the Congress has been alloted 84 seats.

Raut said Shiv Sena was expecting astatine slightest 100 seats. ”Since truthful far, 225 seats person been alloted, we volition person to allot the remaining seats to smaller parties. Therefore I judge each 3 large constituents mightiness get little than 100 seats,” helium said.

When the Shiv Sena (UBT) was successful confederation with the BJP, it ne'er accepted little than 100 seats. The seat-sharing friction led the Sena and the BJP to contention separately successful the 2014 elections, lone to articulation hands again during the 2019 polls. ”This is due to the fact that that clip Sena and BJP were 2 large players. Others had small opportunity,” said Raut.

“Out of the 84 seats allotted to Congress, the enactment mightiness state names of candidates for astatine slightest 30 Assembly seats,” said Congress person Vijay Wadettiwar.

The Leader of Opposition successful the Maharashtra Assembly said the Congress Central Committee volition conscionable successful New Delhi connected October 20 and the aforesaid day, the archetypal database volition beryllium out. The archetypal database mightiness person maximum names from Vidharbha, said a enactment leader.

Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said each 3 parties person fixed precedence to elective merit. ”Seats person been alloted depending connected the imaginable of the enactment to triumph the seats. The parties volition tract candidates lone with elective merit,” helium said.

Sources successful the Congress said aft the decision of the enactment successful the Haryana Assembly elections, members of surface committees and observers person been told to guarantee that campaigner enactment is done based connected their winnability merit. ”They person been told to debar unit from leaders to accommodate their adjacent and beloved ones and alternatively strictly absorption connected elective merit,” said a leader.

NCP (S-P) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said the enactment is witnessing a beeline of leaders from Mahayuti. ”Our enactment has emerged arsenic the astir sought aft destination for assorted leaders, particularly those from Mahayuti. Though determination is unit from our ain leaders and workers not to import excessively galore leaders, we volition take lone those who are susceptible of scripting victory,” helium said.