"No discrepancy": Shiv Sena's Sanjay Shirsat on Mahayuti Alliance seat-sharing
Apr 11, 2024
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 : Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday said that the discussions on the 4-5 seats were done and that there is "no discrepancy" in the Mahayuti Alliance seat-sharing.
"The talks regarding the Mahayuti seat sharing have been completed. There are no problems...The discussions on the 4-5 seats which were talked about, have been completed...There is no discrepancy. In the coming 24 hours Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar will announce candidates names," Shirsat told ANI.
After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday extended his party's unconditional support to the Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP, Sanjay Sirshat said that it would benefit Mahayuti.
"His support to NDA will benefit Mahayuti in Maharashtra in this Lok Sabha elections," he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray extended his party's unconditional support to the Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP.
Speaking at the party's Gudi Padwa rally, Thackeray also declared support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that everyone should prepare for the elections.
"Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is unconditionally supporting the grand alliance of 'BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP. This support is only for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA alliance. Now everyone should prepare for the elections," he said.
Further, Thackeray said that he was the first person in the country who had said that Narendra Modi should be the Prime Minister of India.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second-largest after Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena.
Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.
The undivided NCP, part of the opposition alliance, contested 19 seats and won four. Following the split in 2022, the Shiv Sena, which had earlier formed a coalition government with the Congress and NCP, saw Eknath Shinde break away from the party with his loyalists and align with the BJP.
In the 2019 elections, the BJP emerged as the largest party with 23 seats, followed by the Shiv Sena with 18 seats.
