A revolt has broken out within the main political parties in Maharashtra, with scores of party workers who were denied tickets rebelling against the leadership and filing nominations for the November 20 assembly elections.
This wave of opposition poses new challenges for both the ruling Mahayuti coalition and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition. Today was the last day to withdraw your candidacy.
NCP (Pawar) president Sharad Pawar said there would be no friendly matches between MVA alliance candidates and rebels, while Shiv Sena (Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray said the party He said he would take action against the forces.
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Pawar and Thackeray said the MVA had succeeded in convincing opposition candidates to withdraw from the race in most constituencies.
BJP leader and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told the media that around 90-95 per cent of the rebels allied with the BJP have withdrawn their candidature.
“We do not support any rebel groups,” he said. Commenting on Mahim Assembly constituency in Mumbai, where Raj Thackeray’s son Amit will be contesting Shiv Sena (Shinde’s) candidate Sada Sarvankar, Fadnavis said Chief Minister Shinde should avoid the fight. He said that. ”
This time Sada Salvankar and Amit Thackeray will be participating. We will sit together and decide what can be done,” Fadnavis said.
