We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress
The Hindu
The Congress party has announced that it will contest the election in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance
Starting the process of reviewing election-preparedness of all State units ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on July 11 announced that it will contest the election in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.
With 48 Lok Sabha seats, Maharashtra is second only to Uttar Pradesh in terms of strength in the House of the People in Parliament.
The review held in Maharashtra came barely a week after the split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a constituent of the MVA along with the Congress and the Uddhav Thaceray-led Shiv Sena faction.
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In the wake of the NCP split, engineered by Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Nana Patole dismissed speculation of a similar fate befalling the State Congress unit, remarking that these were rumours being spread by the BJP to divert public attention from real issues.
Asked if the Congress would claim the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) post in the Assembly as the party has emerged as the single largest Opposition party after the NCP split, Mr. Patole said a decision would be taken before the Assembly session gets under way on July 17.
The four-hour-long electoral strategy meeting, presided by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, was attended by former chief Rahul Gandhi, general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and senior State leaders, including former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Milind Deora and Mr. Patole.
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