Former Maharashtra minister and Congress chief Naseem Khan, expressing his dissatisfaction over the Shiv Sena (UBT)’s “unilateral announcement” of Lok Sabha candidates, stated the Congress wished “pleasant fights” in six Lok Sabha seats. He stated Uddhav Thackeray’s party’s move to declare candidates for 17 seats earlier than a seat-sharing settlement among the many Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) events had “angered” Congress employees.
Naseem Khan stated that the state unit had conveyed this demand to the nationwide management of the Congress, which is without doubt one of the constituents of the MVA, additionally comprising Uddhav Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP.
“We met in the present day and determined to speak to the central management that we’ll have pleasant fights on six seats, together with Sangli, Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai North-West. The way by which Shiv Sena (UBT) introduced candidates on seats claimed by Congress has angered our social gathering employees,” Khan stated on Friday.
Shiv Sena (UBT), in response, stated that its alliance companion’s “pleasant struggle” demand would solely assist the BJP.
“Congress is a mature social gathering and I do not suppose it should enable pleasant fights to assist the BJP,” Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut stated whereas asserting that there could be no dialogue on seats any extra.
In a sarcastic tone, he urged that these “pleasant fights” ought to prolong to all 48 seats in Maharashtra, in addition to in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Uddhav Thackeray’s social gathering introduced its candidates for 17 seats for the Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday. Instantly after the announcement, senior Congress leaders voiced their opposition to among the candidate picks.
Senior chief Sanjay Nirupam stated the declaration of Amol Kirtikar’s candidacy for Mumbai North-West seat was a “violation of alliance dharma” and known as the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief a “khichdi chor”.
The comment got here after Amol Kirtikar was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to alleged irregularities within the distribution of ‘khichdi’ to migrants throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat additionally criticised Shiv Sena’s Sangli decide, Chandrahar Patil, saying he wouldn’t have the ability to win the seat and requested the social gathering to rethink the choice.
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