MVA Seat Sharing For Lok Sabha Polls To Be Decided On Merit, Says Sushil Kumar Shinde

Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde has said the seat sharing of the Maha Vikas Aghadi for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be decided on merit.

The Lok Sabha elections are due in 2024, and the Maharashtra Assembly polls are also due in the later part of next year.

Source : PTI

Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde has said the seat sharing of the Maha Vikas Aghadi for the Lok Sabha elections will be decided on merit. Earlier, it was reported that the Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders were contemplating the formation of a committee that would comprise two members from each of its parties to finalise candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as disclosed by Ajit Pawar, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The MVA, consisting of the NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena (UBT), has been motivated by the BJP's loss in the Karnataka Assembly polls and is now poised to jointly contest against the ruling party in Maharashtra during the upcoming national elections.

“Each party will perhaps nominate two leaders to discuss Lok Sabha candidates. The three main parties will hold talks on a seat-sharing formula,” Pawar was quoted by PTI in its report. 

In the state, the BJP emerged victorious in 23 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats during the 2019 elections, while the previously united Shiv Sena secured 18 seats. The NCP emerged victorious in four seats while the Congress managed to secure only one.

He stated that during the meeting, they reached an agreement on the locations for holding ‘Vajramooth’ rallies by MVA. Furthermore, he mentioned that there are speculations that Lok Sabha elections and state polls might happen simultaneously.

According to the NCP state leader Jayant Patil, the 'Vajramooth' rallies of MVA have been suspended temporarily and will recommence when the intensity of summer diminishes.

The recently concluded Karnataka elections saw the Congress securing 135 out of 224 seats, with the ruling BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) led by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda securing 66 and 19 seats respectively.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has said he is not in the race to become prime minister and asserted the Opposition wants a leadership that would work for the betterment of the country. "I am putting efforts to get the Opposition together. I am not in the race to become the prime minister as I am not contesting the next (Lok Sabha) election," he told reporters.

The Lok Sabha elections are due in 2024, and the Maharashtra Assembly polls are also due in the later part of next year.