INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the seat-sharing formula for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections among the
Mahayuti constituents BJP, Shiv Sena and the (Ajit Pawar-led) NCP has almost been finalised for Maharashtra, and it is proposed that while
BJP will contest 26 seats, Senaand NCP together will contest 22
Maharashtra has 48 LS seats in all.BJP had fought 25 LS seats in 2019 and the then-undivided Shiv Sena 23, with the BJP winning 23 and Sena
18.On the row over Maratha reservation in the past couple of months and the OBCs speaking out against any dilution of their quota, Fadnavis
told TOI in an interview that the series of agitations across the state had not only affected the law and order situation but he feared it
could have an adverse impact on investments in the state
of Eknath Shinde was united in the real sense and there were no chinks in it
I am also not contesting the Lok Sabha elections
allotment of LS seats, Fadnavis said that during informal meetings with leaders of NCP and Shiv Sena, it has been decided that elective
merit and renomination of sitting MPs will be the main formula for selection of candidates
So far as those candidates who were elected in 2019 are concerned, it is a convention to renominate them
Fadnavis added.Fadnavis said the real campaigning for the LS elections will begin after the winter session of the state legislature in
Nagpur, to be held in December
It will be ensured that even if a BJP candidate is contesting a particular seat, workers of Shiv Sena and NCP will campaign for him/her as
if he/she is their candidate
will be ensure that all disputes are settled to the satisfaction of all sections of society
Certainly, my government is concerned over the issues raised by agitators across the state, and we will try to resolve them amicably and
but it was struck down by the Supreme Court
We have set up a committee of experts which will examine the SC verdict and work out a new formula for providing reservation to the Marathas
It will stand the scrutiny of law
unfortunate that at a juncture when the three-party government was making serious efforts to provide reservation to the Marathas, political
parties were taking undue advantage of the situation
least 40 to 42 seats in the state
People are in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
