Reportedly after a disappointing defeat in the recent assembly elections in Maharashtra, the despondent shiv sena (UBT) lashed out at congress for its “overconfidence" after the lok sabha elections, blaming it and their attitude during seat-sharing talks for the maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) rout in the state. Taking potshots at the state congress leadership, shiv sena (UBT)’s leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve said they were “overconfident after the victory in the lok sabha elections" and said uddhav thackeray should have been the “CM face" of the alliance. He said “Congress was overconfident after lok sabha elections. people of congress were ready with coats and ties to divide portfolios".
Meanwhile Danve’s remarks came after several party leaders raised murmurs of ‘ekla chalo’ (going solo) in the future elections during a “political autopsy" meeting presided over by uddhav thackeray on Wednesday. Many leaders and workers of the SS-UBT have reportedly asked for the party to consider fighting the upcoming local bodies polls independently to start afresh following the recent drubbing.
Moreover the speculation was set off by Danve’s remarks, who said “some leaders believe that shiv sena (UBT) did not receive the desired support in the MVA-INDIA bloc. They have suggested that the party should strengthen itself and prepare to contest all 288 assembly seats independently in future elections" However, Danve on thursday asserted his party will remain with the MVA, but said uddhav should have been the cm face of the alliance, which could have swung “some 2-5 per cent of the votes" in the favour of the opposition. sanjay raut of the UBT camp has also said that the party won’t walk out of the alliance.
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