‘Sympathy wave in favour of Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra’: Ajit Pawar's alliance leader Chhagan Bhujbal

Bhujbal successful an interrogation with NDTV amid Lok Sabha polls said, "I judge determination is simply a sympathy question - the mode Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena divided and a faction of the NCP switched sides. This is showing successful their rallies".

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 retired of 25 seats it contested successful confederation with the undivided Shiv Sena. Maharashtra sends the second-highest fig of MPs aft Uttar Pradesh.

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Maharashtra's authorities has go analyzable since 2022 aft Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party divided into 2 parts.

Currently, determination are 2 Shiv Sena--(Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde). Similarly, determination are besides 2 NCPs- Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar. The authorities authorities has an confederation of BJP- Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar).

According to Bhujbal, successful erstwhile Lok Sabha elections, the BJP fought successful an confederation with the undivided Shiv Sena and the parties had won successful 23 and 18 constituencies respectively.

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" It doesn't look similar they (Shiv Sena UBT and Sharad Pawar's) are failing the mode they did successful 2014 and 2019," Bhujbal added.

However, Bhujbal asserted that people's religion is inactive with Narendra Modi and they privation him him to signifier a beardown government.

Bhujbal, who was eyeing to contention arsenic Mahayuti campaigner successful the Lok Sabha polls has precocious withdrawn from the contention implicit the hold successful the announcement of the campaigner for the Nashik seat.

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He further alleged that the naming of the campaigner for the Nashik spot was taking longer contempt "having the circumstances," portion urging the enactment to denote the campaigner for the spot soon.

The voting successful Nashik volition beryllium held connected May 20 successful the 5th phase.

Last year, Bhujbal disclosed that helium had tendered his resignation from the authorities furniture successful November. He had accused the authorities authorities of facilitating the backdoor introduction of the Maratha assemblage into the OBC quota.

Elections to the 48 Lok Sabha seats successful Maharashtra volition beryllium held successful 5 phases. The counting of votes volition beryllium held connected June 4.

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Published: 28 Apr 2024, 09:29 AM IST