PUNE: MVA would get round 165 seats within the state and ruling Mahayuti companions can be in an advantageous place in Mumbai, Konkan and north Maharashtra, a survey performed by the opposition alliance companions about three months earlier than the meeting elections prompt.
“We received 31 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra within the Lok Sabha polls. It’s round 65% of the full 48 seats.Ideally, we want to preserve the identical common within the meeting elections, which might get us round 188 seats. Our preliminary evaluation suggests that we’ll be profitable round 165 seats. It’s a good quantity, however nonetheless we want to enhance the tally in precise polls later this 12 months,” a senior Congress member advised TOI.
A minimum of 144 meeting seats are required to kind the government within the state.
Using excessive on the Lok Sabha elections success, the alliance of Congress, NCP (SCP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) is now trying to replicate the identical efficiency within the meeting polls, anticipated to be held round Diwali. In a collective assembly of MVA companions whereas deciding the technique, the alliance companions divided the state into seven areas for evaluation.
In accordance with MVA members, the alliance has an higher hand in Nagpur, Amravati, Marathwada and western Maharashtra areas. “Among the many alliance companions, Congress will carry out higher in Nagpur and Amravati areas. Marathwada additionally appears to be like beneficial for the alliance, the place Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) have good help. In western Maharashtra, the alliance relies on NCP (SCP). It, in response to the survey, is doing higher than different events. It suggests that each one the most important events are sharing the accountability effectively for the alliance,” a former cupboard minister from NCP (SCP) stated.
Whereas the 4 areas are wanting beneficial for MVA, the evaluation means that Mahayuti continues to dominate the areas of Mumbai, Konkan and north Maharashtra regardless of the under par ends in the Lok Sabha elections. The alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP nonetheless holds floor in these areas, the evaluation of MVA reveals.
One other senior Congressman stated, “The MVA alliance had a poor present in Konkan. Will probably be a frightening process to regroup and enhance the meeting ends in the area. In Mumbai additionally, BJP and Shiv Sena will pose a giant problem, which our alliance must sort out. So far as north Maharashtra is worried, Congress nonetheless appears to be like weaker there although we received some seats in that area in Lok Sabha elections. We don’t have a lot time in hand to work on our weaknesses, however we’re concentrating on the areas the place we’re lagging behind.”
