Maharashtra Assembly Election To See Friendly Face-Offs Between Allies On 29 Seats

Maharashtra Assembly Election: Maharashtra will witness friendly contests in between Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies in 29 out of the 288 assembly seats. Friendly fights, however, are more complicated for the MVA, especially since smaller parties who are part of the INDIA bloc are also in the mix. Mahayuti's partners, the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress, will contest alongside each other in six seats: Mankhurd Shivajinagar (Mumbai), Ashti (Beed), Sindhkhed Raja (Buldhana), Katol (Nagpur), Morshi (Amravati), Dindori (Nashik), Shrirampur (Ahmednagar), and Purandar (Pune).

Meanwhile, the opposition alliance of the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), and Congress will engage in such face-offs in 21 assembly constituencies. ALSO READ: Sanjay Nirupam, Former Congress Leader, Joins Eknath Shinde-Led Shiv Sena Along With His Wife And Daughter During the assembly polls, one of the major fights will take place in the Nanded North seat, where Congress's Abdul Gaffoor is in the fray with Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Sangita Patil. In several constituencies, MVA allies are contesting besides candidates fielded by the Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI), Samajwadi Party, and the Left.

On six seats, the Samajwadi Party has fielded candidates and will be contesting alongside the Congress, namely Bhiwandi West (Thane), Tuljapur (Dharashiv), Aurangabad East (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Malegaon Central (Nashik), and with NCP SP in Paranda (Dharashiv), and Shiv Sena UBT in Dhule City assembly seats. The PWPI has fielded candidates on 14 seats and is in contest with the Shiv Sena (UBT) in Sangole, Loha, Pen, Uran, Ausa, Malegaon Outer, and Panvel, and with the NCP (SP) in Katol. A PWPI leader said, according to news agency PTI, that they had sought six seats where they are in serious contest.

"However, the bigger parties fielded candidates despite our strong presence in these constituencies," he said. Earlier, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi said the Maha Vikas Aghadi should have fought the polls as a united front, but it had not even called his party for talks. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Election 2024: Kangana Ranaut, Arun Govil, Hema Malini & More Celebrities Fielded By The BJP | COMPLETE LIST He said, "They (MVA) think they can win the polls on their strength, and there is no need for us (SP).

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