Maharashtra Meeting Polls: Forward of the meeting elections in Maharashtra, cracks appeared within the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance over the candidature of Nationalist Congress Social gathering’s (Ajit Pawar) Nawab Malik. BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar stated that the saffron get together wouldn’t be campaigning in assist of Malik, a candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Meeting.
The get together’s Mumbai unit chief has stated that the get together has made its stand “very clear” and that although their Mahayuti alliance companions have the precise to declare no matter candidate, they’ve opposed Nawab Malik’s candidature earlier than, saying he’s accused of getting hyperlinks with Dawood Ibrahim.
“Repeatedly, now we have made our stand clear about Dawood Ibrahim and the folks related with him. This has already been stated by Devendra Fadnavis, and now I’m additionally saying the identical. So, there is no such thing as a query of us campaigning for Nawab Malik. The BJP’s stand on this difficulty may be very clear. We’re of the view that each one the companions in Mahayuti have the precise to declare their very own candidates, whoever they need to, however right here the query is about NCP’s licensed candidate, Nawab Malik, who has been given a ticket,” he stated in a self-made video.
He additional elaborated that they don’t have anything in opposition to the daughter of Nawab Malik, Sana Malik, who’s contesting from Anushakti Nagar meeting seat as an NCP (Ajit Pawar) candidate. “Now stays the query of supporting Sana Malik as a result of she can also be a candidate of Mahayuti. We’re of the view that there’s nothing in opposition to somebody; then it must be like that, and every Mahayuti candidate is a candidate of the BJP,” he additional acknowledged.
Earlier on Tuesday, Nawab Malik filed his nomination as an NCP candidate. Earlier than he had additionally filed as an unbiased candidate. At present, the meeting seat is held by Samajwadi Social gathering chief Abu Azmi. Malik expressed his gratitude to the NCP management, saying, “I’m very grateful to (Deputy Chief Minister) Ajit Pawar, NCP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, and NCP chief Sunil Tatkare. They’ve confidence in me (to win the elections). An enormous variety of voters will assist me.”
The BJP is in alliance with NCP (Ajit Pawar), and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), known as the Mahayuti alliance. The opposite main alliance for the state’s meeting election is the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising of Congress, Sharad Pawar-led NCP, and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.
The Maharashtra Meeting elections are scheduled for November 20, with counting for all 288 constituencies set for November 23. Within the 2019 meeting elections, the BJP received 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP secured 122 seats, the Shiv Sena 63, and the Congress 42.
(With ANI Inputs)
