Opinion: How & Why Congress Crowned Uddhav ‘MVA Captain’ With Lok Sabha Election Seat-Sharing Pact

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray (R) with Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole at an MVA press conference, in Mumbai on Tuesday. ( Image Source :PTI )

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Maharashtra – comprising the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Congress – finalised its seat-sharing pact for the key battleground state earlier this week. Its primary rival and the state’s ruling Mahayuti alliance has yet to finalise its seat-sharing arrangement.  Over the past five years since the last election, the political dynamics of the