MVA alliance in Maharashtra faces the civic poll test

Congress, NCP, Sena look to strengthen their base as ‘go it alone’ rhetoric gains ground

While the ideologically opposed, tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of the Shiv Sena, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) judders along in Maharashtra, voiced favouring to “go it alone” for future polls are beginning to be heard. This is true at least in the Congress and Sena.

In August this year, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Chief (MPCC) Nana Patole said his party would be contesting future polls alone. Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut echoed this for his party while speaking last week on civic body polls due next year. He said a joint contest depends on a “respectable seat sharing arrangement”.