RS polls: Uddhav, Pawar, Kharge meet MVA legislators

By PTI

MUMBAI: In a present of solidarity forward of June 10 election for six Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the three events right here on Tuesday.

As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Independent MLAs and smaller events to cobble up assist, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a metropolis resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.

“The chief minister said during the meeting that our victory is certain and asked the legislators of the three parties to stay united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.

MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Independent legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities in 2019.

In the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly (which kinds the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whereas the variety of Independents is 13.

With one Assembly seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in jail, the quota of votes per profitable candidate is 41.

Mumbai | Ahead of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP focus on the technique. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others current at Trident pic.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

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A complete of seven candidates — three candidates of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for six seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.

The contest for the sixth seat can be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA ought to contact his celebration in the event that they want assist whereas the Samajwadi Party has sought Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s clarification on the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.

All 55 legislators of the Sena have been summoned to Mumbai and they’ll keep collectively until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.

“We were at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too were present there. That was part of our strategy. We will be moving to hotel Trident (in south Mumbai) today,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned earlier within the day.

The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly the place voting will happen.

Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Party, who’ve prolonged their assist to the MVA authorities.

The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the House. Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.

Shaikh instructed reporters that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to make clear the federal government’s secular credentials.

“The Common Minimum Programme on which the government was formed and the language of Hindutva spoken by the chief minister in his speech. There is so much difference (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM should) clarify whether the government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.

What has the federal government completed within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee haven’t been fashioned till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Party is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We are with the MVA, but look at the demands. It is ideological.”

BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, looking for his assist. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has three MLAs and he is called a supporter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whereas the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).

Given its energy within the Assembly (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whereas the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.

The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes collectively to make sure the victory for the second candidate of the Sena.