MVA Wins 3 Of 5 Maharashtra Council Seats As BJP Blames Shiv Sena For Mahayuti Setbacks
Mumbai, Oct 29: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance triumphed in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, bagging three of the five seats where polling was held, while cracks surfaced in the ruling Mahayuti bloc on Thursday as the BJP blamed ally Shiv Sena for the coalition's poor showing, accusing it of non-cooperation and undermining the combine. Congress candidate Abhijeet Wanjari…
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance secured three out of the five seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections held on October 23. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, managed to win two seats. Congress candidate Abhijeet Wanjari won the Nagpur graduates constituency, making a notable victory as Nagpur is home to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union minister Nitin Gadkari.
The BJP accused the Shiv Sena of failing to fulfill its alliance obligations in the Pune and Nagpur constituencies, citing the party's last-minute support for independent candidate Sachin Sanap in Pune and its criticism of the NCP in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as contributing to the coalition's poor performance.
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