By way of PTI
MUMBAI: In a display of unity forward of June 10 election for 6 Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the 3 events right here on Tuesday.
As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Unbiased MLAs and smaller events to cobble up fortify, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a town resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.
“The executive minister mentioned all over the assembly that our victory is bound and requested the legislators of the 3 events to stick united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.
MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Unbiased legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was once the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led executive in 2019.
Within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting (which paperwork the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whilst the choice of Independents is 13.
With one Meeting seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in prison, the quota of votes consistent with profitable candidate is 41.
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A complete of 7 applicants — 3 applicants of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for 6 seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.
The competition for the 6th seat might be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA must touch his birthday party if they want fortify whilst the Samajwadi Celebration has sought Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s rationalization at the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.
All 55 legislators of the Sena were summoned to Mumbai and they are going to keep in combination until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.
“We have been at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too have been provide there. That was once a part of our technique. We can be shifting to resort Trident (in south Mumbai) lately,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned previous within the day.
The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting the place vote casting will happen.
Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Celebration, who’ve prolonged their fortify to the MVA executive.
The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the Space. Samajwadi Celebration MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.
Shaikh instructed newshounds that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to elucidate the federal government’s secular credentials.
“The Commonplace Minimal Programme on which the federal government was once shaped and the language of Hindutva spoken via the executive minister in his speech. There may be such a lot distinction (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM must) explain whether or not the federal government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.
What has the federal government finished within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee have no longer been shaped till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Celebration is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We’re with the MVA, however take a look at the calls for. It’s ideological.”
BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, searching for his fortify. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has 3 MLAs and he’s referred to as a supporter of NCP leader Sharad Pawar.
The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whilst the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).
Given its energy within the Meeting (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whilst the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.
The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes in combination to verify the victory for the second one candidate of the Sena.