Latest Political Updates : In 2019, elections were also conducted in Maharashtra for 288 assembly seats. Then, the BJP and Shiv Sena became partnered. With 106 MLAs, the BJP grew to become the state’s largest party. The Shiv Sena secured 56 seats. Following this, Shiv Sena attempted the CM formula for 2.5 years, but the BJP was not on board. Owing to this, Uddhav severed the 25-year alliance with the BJP a few months after the assembly elections.
The three Indian National Congress groups have been discussing seat distribution for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray will run for 20 of the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats. Ten seats belong to Sharad Pawar’s NCP, while the Congress has eighteen seats. In Maharashtra, the three parties are united as the Mahavikas Aghadi Alliance. According to reliable sources, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) will provide two seats to the regional party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). VBA had previously asked for five seats. Apart from this, Sharad Pawar’s party would back independent Raju Shetty. In a day or two, seat sharing may receive an official notification.
Uddhav will field his candidates on 4 seats in Mumbai
According to sources, Shiv Sena (UBT) would run for four of the six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai; Mumbai North East may go to VBA. Congress and Uddhav could not agree on six seats in Mumbai. On February 22, Rahul Gandhi, a Congress MP, spoke with Uddhav Thackeray about this as well. During the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul spoke with Uddhav over the phone for approximately an hour. The Congress desired to run for three seats in Mumbai’s elections. Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South Central, and Mumbai North West are included in this. The four Mumbai seats that Uddhav had targeted for himself were Mumbai South, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, and Mumbai South Central. Which seats the two parties have decided upon is still unknown. In the 2019 elections, the then-undivided Shiv Sena ran for 22 of the 48 seats. He won eighteen of these, including three seats in Mumbai.