Maharashtra polls: BJP to contest 144 seats, Sena gets 126
The BJP and the Shiv Sena will contest the Maharashtra state elections together and have come to an understanding on seat division that gives the lion’s share to the BJP, sources said.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-09-26 23:58 GMT
Mumbai
The BJP will contest 144 of the state’s 288 seats. The Sena will contest 126 seats and 18 seats have been allotted to the smaller allies. The Sena will also get the post of the Deputy Chief Minister, sources in the BJP said. Elections will be held in Maharashtra on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24.
With less than a month to go for the polls, the ruling alliance came to an understanding after an internal meeting of the BJP earlier today, where party chief Amit Shah and Working President JP Nadda took a call on the issue. Chief Minister Fadnavis, however, was in favour of the continuing the alliance and earlier this week, and had told reports that it was on. The Sena was not keen to break off the alliance either, but was preparing for that eventuality in view of the state BJP leaders’ views.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the party’s core committee for the state -- including Pankaja Munde, Sudhir Munghantiwar and state leaders like Girish Mahajan.
In 2014, the Sena and the BJP had ended their alliance ahead of the state elections, only to get back together after the state had delivered a split verdict.
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