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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi President Prakash Ambedkar has met the Chief election Commissioner in delhi today. During this meeting, the election symbols of gas cylinder, whistle and road roller were handed over to the election commission on behalf of VBA. VBA may get its election symbol in the next two days. Dates for lok sabha elections 2024 in maharashtra have been announced. elections will be conducted in five phases in the state. Voting in the first phase will be held on april 19 and in the fifth phase on May 20. In such a situation, as the election date is approaching, the political turmoil in maharashtra has intensified.
The opposition alliance Mahavikas Aghadi in maharashtra includes congress, Sharad faction's ncp and uddhav faction's Shiv Sena. MVA has offered four lok sabha seats to Prakash Ambedkar led VBA. But Ambedkar is demanding more seats. For the past few days, it has been seen that Mahavikas Aghadi is not inviting Prakash Ambedkar's party to its meetings. In such a situation, there is talk that Mahavikas Aghadi has now started siding with Prakash Ambedkar. According to a report, VBA had demanded seats including Akola, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Hingoli, Nanded, Solapur, mumbai South, Sangli.
Sanjay Raut's comment
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut indicated that seat sharing talks between the two political organizations were not successful. He said, "MVA offered Ambedkar four lok sabha seats, but we see that he has decided to take a different path. We would have been happy if he had accepted the offer and joined us." Raut also mentioned that the MVA is fighting to save democracy and the Constitution of India.
MVA meeting
A few days ago, a meeting was held at Sharad Pawar's mumbai home in which state congress chief Nana Patole, senior party leaders balasaheb thorat and Raut participated. uddhav thackeray was absent during the election campaign in Sangli. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss seat sharing for the lok sabha elections 2024.