Amit Shah’s Mumbai visit came at a time when the Maha Yuti allies comprising BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, are pushing for a higher number of seats than the others are willing to concede
Union Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a late-night meeting in Mumbai with BJP’s Maharashtra allies, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and discussed the seat sharing in the state, which sends the second-highest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha, Deccan Chronicle reported citing sources.
Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra. Before coming to Mumbai, he held meetings and rallies in Akola, Jalgaon, and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. His visit comes at a time when the Maha Yuti allies comprising BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, are pushing for a higher number of seats than the others are willing to concede.
According to reports, the BJP wants to contest more than 30 seats, Shiv Sena wants more than 20 while the NCP has claimed 12 seats out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. However, consensus will be formed and the seat-sharing pact will be announced after Shah speaks to Shiv Sena and NCP leaders, a BJP leader said, hoping for a positive outcome.
Shah reached ‘Sahyadri’ government guest house at Malabar Hill around 10.15 pm. Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of BJP, and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the NCP, attended the meeting.
Shah’s visit comes days after the BJP released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in which no candidate from Maharashtra figured.
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Addressing BJP’s Yuva Sammelan at Jalgaon, the Union home minister said that the 2024 election is crucial for making the country “Viksit Bharat” by 2047. He also ridiculed INDIA bloc leaders and said that they had come together to secure the future of their sons, daughters, and nephews.
