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The Shiv Sena’s (UBT) decision to declare candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra that are under negotiations with the Congress has not gone down well with the latter, which hopes the announcement will be reversed.
Congress legislative party leader Balasaheb Thorat expressed unhappiness over the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena’s first list, saying the party should have avoided declaring candidates for seats about which discussions were still going on. “It is important that everyone should follow the coalition dharma. We hope the Sena will rethink its decision,” he said.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) has named Chandrahar Patil and Anil Desai as candidates for the Sangli and Mumbai South Central seats, respectively.
Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad said she had conveyed her unhappiness about the Sena’s decisions on Sangli and seats in Mumbai, which were still being discussed. “The Sena should not have done that. We will take further action based on guidance from the party leadership,” she said.
Leader of the Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar of the Congress said the seat-sharing talks between the partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi were still going on and that it was not right to unilaterally declare candidates for seats under discussion. “We hope that Uddhavji will rethink this decision,” he said.
Congress former MP Sanjay Nirupam gave an ultimatum to the party leadership saying he would wait only for one week to hear from it. “I am not a person who is sitting without any option. I have all options open. Now it will be aar ya paar,” he said.
Nirupam, who lost in the Mumbai North West constituency in the last two elections, wanted to contest the poll for a third time. However, the Sena (UBT) has announced Amol Kirtikar as its candidate for the seat.
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