Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) chief Vidya Chavan on Thursday mentioned that former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena ought to give no less than one Lok Sabha seat to Sharad Pawar “out of respect”.
Her remarks got here amid an ongoing rift between the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra over seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls.
Chatting with India Immediately TV, senior chief Vidya Chavan mentioned, “Shiv Sena (UBT) should take back their candidate from any one seat in Mumbai. Uddhav Sena should respect Pawar Sahab and give at least one Lok Sabha seat in Mumbai. Our NCP has a strong base in Mumbai.”
She additionally mentioned that she might contest one of many Mumbai seats herself.
“How can they say that we don’t have candidates? I can contest myself. We have Rakhi Jadhav from the North-East seat and Nilesh Bhonsle from South-Central seat. Our workers are very upset. In this state, they cannot campaign for MVA together. To keep them happy and fight together, we should get one seat from Mumbai to contest,” she added.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has declared candidates on 17 seats amid a dispute with allies Congress and NCP on 4 Lok Sabha seats — Sangli, Bhiwandi, Mumbai North-West and Mumbai South-Central.
Whereas Congress has already requested UBT Sena to rethink over sure seats, NCP (Sharad Pawar) has additionally requested for one seat from Mumbai.
