A check-mate game has started between the political parties regarding the Maharashtra assembly elections. There is a row of seats from Mumbai to Delhi regarding the distribution of seats in the BJP-led NDA alliance, but the matter has not been resolved yet. In such a scenario, CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has started appointing in-charges and observers in the assembly constituencies, while NCP chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has also planned to visit Maharashtra ahead of the assembly elections.
The hopes with which the BJP took Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra did not succeed. Ajit Pawar’s party NCP managed to win only one out of four seats in its quota, while Shinde’s Shiv Sena managed to win only seven out of its quota of 15 seats. In 2024, the Bharat Alliance had an upper hand over the NDA. Out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, India Alliance won 30 seats while NDA could get only 17 seats. Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, who flopped in the Lok Sabha elections, are busy consolidating their political power with the growing political activity in the assembly elections.
Ajith is busy consolidating his political ground.
After the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Ajit Pawar is now going on a ‘Jan Samman Yatra’ in Maharashtra to strengthen his political ground. NCP state president Sunil Tatkare, who is leading the ‘Jana Samman Yatra’, said that the yatra under the leadership of Ajit Pawar will start from Nashik and will pass through all the 288 assembly constituencies of the state. He said that Ajit Pawar has been doing effective political work for the past 35 years, and plans to take it to the masses.
Sunil Tatkare said Deputy CM Ajit Pawar as Finance Minister has worked to strike a better balance between treasury and welfare schemes. 1 lakh crore rupees scheme has been launched for farmers, women, students, youth and other sections. Ajit Pawar is starting his journey to bring all these schemes to every home. However, the NCP has only announced the ‘Jan Samman Yatra’, but has not specified the date from which it will begin.
Ajit Pawar is fighting for his political survival in Maharashtra politics. Ajit Pawar has hired the election management company ‘Design Boxed’ after the results of the Lok Sabha elections. Campaigning and strategizing for assembly elections is taking the help of Design Box. Branding of NCP for assembly elections. On the advice of this company, Ajit Pawar tried to convey a political message to all his MLAs during the MLC elections by offering pooja at the Siddhi Vinayak temple in Mumbai.
A 90-day plan has been drawn up to reach out to the voters before the assembly elections, on which Ajit Pawar has also started work. Ajit Pawar has directed all his leaders and MLAs to start preparations for assembly elections. Ajit Pawar has started wearing a pink jacket over his white kurta and has also started wearing the NCP party symbol on his kurta and jacket. In this series he has planned a ‘Jan Samman Yatra’ in Maharashtra, which will start from Nashik. In this way, Ajit Pawar has planned to increase his strength.
Assembly elections are just two months away
At the same time, the Shiv Sena under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has appointed 46 assembly incharges and 93 assembly observers in 113 assembly constituencies. In such a situation, Shinde has given a message to his allies, especially the BJP, that the Shiv Sena is preparing to contest at least 100 of the 288 seats in the state in the assembly elections. Assembly elections are now only two months away. There should be no slack in the election preparations, for which Shinde has fielded his army of leaders.
In Maharashtra politics it is said that whoever wins the fort of Mumbai forms the government in the state. Chief Minister Shinde has announced the names of election in-charges for 18 out of 36 seats in Mumbai. Among them are former corporators Kamlesh Rai (Chandivali, Kalina), Milind Deora (Worli, Shivdi), Yashwant Jadhav (Byculla), Ravindra Vykar (Jogeshwari East, Dindoshi, Parbhani, Gangakhed), Rahul Shewale (Chembur, Anushakti Nagar, Mahim, Dhari). Is included. , Shishir Shinde (Bhandup West, Kurla, Vikhroli, Mankhurd) and recently the Congress has given the charge to Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Nirupam (Andheri East, Malad West, Magathane).
Shiv Sena has very strong roots in Mumbai
Shiv Sena has very strong roots in Mumbai. Shinde plans to capitalize on this in the assembly elections. Leaders have been given the responsibility to strengthen the core cadre of Shiv Sena and foil the conspiracies of the opposition in the elections. Shinde has killed two birds with one stone by announcing the names of his leaders in the name of election preparations. In this way he is sending a message to his main rival Uddhav Thackeray group that they should not get into any misunderstandings in the elections. At the same time, they are trying to tell the BJP that the election preparations have been started and Shiv Sena should get respectable seats in the distribution of seats.
There are a total of 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, of which the BJP plans to contest 160 to 170 seats. In this context, only 120 seats are left for Eknath Shinde’s party Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP. NCP and Shiv Sena were demanding 100 seats each, but after meeting Amit Shah, Ajit Pawar camp is asking for 80 to 90 seats. With the Shinde camp appointing in-charges to 113 Assembly seats and Ajit Pawar taking out Jan Samman Yatra to all 288 seats, the political consequences are understandable.
