NAGPUR: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday stated the constituents of the Mahayuti alliance- Shiv Sena, BJP, and NCP- have arrived at a consensus on contesting 70 to 80 per cent of 288 seats for the meeting elections. He hinted winnability would be the criterion for distributing ballot tickets.
“The three leaders of Mahayuti (Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pwar) needs to be congratulated for vowing to win elections unitedly as a substitute of quoting numbers. We are going to agree upon fielding winnable candidates,” the BJP chief informed reporters in Nagpur. He was replying to a question on NCP, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, purportedly staking declare to 70 to 80 seats.
A consensus has been reached on 70 to 80 per cent of seats and Mahayuti leaders will quickly handle a joint press convention, he stated. Bawankule requested Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange to reply to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on “eradicating” reservation.
“Rahul Gandhi is attempting to take away the current reservations; what is going to occur to the Maratha quota? Jarange ought to reply to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks,” Bawankule informed reporters.
The BJP has accused the Chief of the Opposition in Lok Sabha of creating “anti-reservation” remarks throughout his go to to the US.
