Maharashtra Legislative Council elections: Disquiet in MVA at BJP win and fears of cross voting
AICC secretary-in-charge of Maharashtra H K Patil said, "The whole MVA needs to introspect this very seriously. We will inquire on why we didn't get the required votes. We have to sit together. We need to analyse things.''
While Shiv Sena was jubilant at the victory of its two candidates, its leaders said they need to look at the three votes that did not go to their candidates. (File) The defeat of the Congress party’s second candidate at the hands of the BJP, which won five of 10 Legislative Council seats, has caused consternation in the MVA alliance amid fears that cross voting led to the defeat of the Congress candidate. AICC secretary-in-charge of Maharashtra H K Patil said, “The whole MVA needs to introspect this very seriously. We will inquire on why we didn’t get the required votes. We have to sit together. We need to analyse things.”
PWD minister Ashok Chavan, who was directly supervising the election, said, “We were short of votes. We had 15 to 16 votes for the second candidate. We had made attempts to get additional votes from our allies. Considering the MVA strength, both our candidates should have won. We feel let down. We had sufficient votes and both our candidates should have got elected. Handore’s loss is unfortunate. Our first preference candidate losing requires total in-depth analysis by the party.”
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