"MVA is strong; ruling party understands their exit is certain": Sachin Pilot ahead of Maharashtra polls
Oct 30, 2024
Nanded (Maharashtra) [India], October 30 : Congress leader Sachin Pilot expressed confidence on Wednesday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance is strong and that all its candidates are in a strong position for the upcoming Assembly elections on November 20.
Pilot, an observer of the Congress party for the Maharashtra polls, said that the ruling Mahayuti alliance is aware that its exit is imminent.
"We are fully prepared here. Our alliance in Maharashtra is very strong. Our seat-sharing has happened in a very good atmosphere, and the ruling party has understood that their exit is certain. All the candidates of the MVA are in a strong position. People here have made up their minds to make Congress and its allies win," he said.
He added, "The strike rate of our alliance in the Lok Sabha elections was impressive. Wherever Congress contested, our candidates won 80 per cent of the seats. That trend will continue."
Pilot also acknowledged that there have been differences among party members regarding certain seats, but he assured that these issues would be resolved in the coming 2-3 days and that there would be only one candidate of MVA on each seat.
Earlier in the day, Ramesh Chennithala, Congress in-charge for Maharashtra, criticized the BJP, claiming the party is "finishing" its alliance partners in the state.
"BJP is finishing their allies. The BJP is forcefully making alliance partner candidates as their party candidates. People will answer this," Chennithala told reporters.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled for November 20, with the counting of votes for all 288 constituencies set for November 23.
The opposition alliance MVA, comprising of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), aims to regain power in the state against the Mahayuti alliance, which includes Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Ajit Pawar-led NCP.
