After polling for the 288-member meeting ended on Wednesday night, the ruling, in addition to opposition fronts, have began claiming that the mandate will be of their favour when votes are counted on November 23.
Even earlier than the primary votes are counted in Maharashtra, fissures have emerged inside the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on who will head the next authorities with constituents in each camps laying declare over the chief minister’s put up.
After polling for the 288-member meeting ended on Wednesday night, the ruling, in addition to opposition fronts, have began claiming that the mandate will be of their favour when votes are counted on November 23. Soon after polling, state Congress chief Nana Patole asserted an MVA authorities would be fashioned in Maharashtra below the management of his get together.
Voting traits recommend the Congress will get the utmost variety of seats within the new meeting, he mentioned. His remarks didn’t go down nicely with ally Shiv Sena (UBT), whose chief Sanjay Raut on Thursday insisted the chief ministerial face will be determined by all alliance companions collectively as soon as the MVA secures a majority.
The Rajya Sabha MP mentioned if the Congress excessive command has instructed Patole that he will be the CM face then the nationwide get together’s president Mallikarjun Kharge, and its prime leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ought to announce the identical.
The MVA, consisting of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP), and the Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, have expressed confidence that their respective alliance will kind the next authorities after votes are counted on Saturday.
While a majority of exit polls have predicted that Mahayuti will retain energy, just a few have favoured the MVA. On the Mahayuti facet, Shiv Sena MLA and get together spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat mentioned the meeting elections have been contested with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde because the face.
“Voters have shown their preference for Shinde through voting. I think it is Shinde’s right (to be the next CM) and we are confident that he will be the next CM,” Shirsat mentioned. BJP chief Pravin Darekar batted for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the highest put up.
“I think if anyone from the BJP is becoming the CM then it will be Devendra Fadnavis,” he mentioned. NCP chief Amol Mitkari pushed the title of his get together chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar for the coveted job.
“Whatever the results, the NCP will be the kingmaker,” Mitkari mentioned. Asked concerning the CM face, Fadnavis maintained all three Mahayuti events will sit collectively and take a “good decision”.
Speaking to reporters individually, BJP chief Darekar claimed the Mahayuti will kind the next authorities, dismissing the potential for the MVA coming to energy, and mentioned the opposition bloc was tormented by “internal rifts”.
“The people of Maharashtra have given a clear mandate. The Chief Minister will be from the Mahayuti, not the MVA, and certainly not the Congress,” he asserted. Highlighting divisions inside the MVA, Darekar mentioned, “Congress MP Praniti Shinde and her father and former CM Sushilkumar Shinde supported an impartial candidate in opposition to Uddhav Thackeray’s nominee in a constituency in Solapur district. These inner rifts expose an absence of unity. How can events with out inner coherence determine on a Chief Minister?” The BJP leader said Patole’s aspirations to become chief minister were nothing but “Mungerilal ke haseen sapne” (daydreaming).
On exit polls, Darekar remarked, “While no exit poll is final, most have predicted a Mahayuti win. Even independent candidates (on winning) are likely to back Mahayuti.” Taking a swipe at Prahar Janshakti Party chief Bachchu Kadu, he mentioned, “Kadu speaks with grand bravado, but his seat is under threat. Let him first declare how many of his candidates are winning.”
Regarding Rahul Gandhi’s statements on the Adani group, the BJP chief quipped, “Rahul Gandhi should go to the US and focus on issues abroad, where his commentary might hold weight. His remarks on the fall of the Union government are childish and baseless.” On the alleged involvement of NCP (SP) Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule and Patole in utilizing bitcoins illegally to fund elections, Darekar mentioned the reality will come out quickly.
Both Sule and Patole have denied the allegations.
“The ED’s investigation is uncovering links to MVA leaders. The truth will emerge soon,” he asserted.
Highlighting the rise in turnout within the November 20 meeting polls within the state, Darekar credited the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for his or her grassroots marketing campaign to encourage voting.
The ultimate turnout in Maharashtra meeting polls was 66.05 p.c, up from 61.1 p.c in 2019, based on the Election Commission. Darekar maintained the Mahayuti authorities’s ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ has resonated with ladies voters.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is printed from PTI)
