MUMBAI: The Mahayuti’s landslide victory in the 2024 assembly election not only led to a severe setback for parties in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, but also rendered the smaller parties, who were dreaming to become kingmakers, irrelevant. The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Hitendra Thakur-led Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi as well as Prahar Janshakti, Rashtriya …
The biennial elections to 11 seats in the Maharashtra legislative council from the MLA quota will be a crucial test for the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi ahead of the Assembly elections to be held later this year. The Bharatiya Janata Party has 103 MLAs, followed by the Ajit Pawar-led NCP's 40, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's 38. …
With no consensus on seat-sharing, the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and their smaller allies have ended up fielding candidates against each other. HT Image The Congress and NCP claim smaller parties like Swabhimani Sangathana, Peasants and Workers Party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India, Samajwadi Party are part of their grand alliance. The Congress and …
The announcement on a united opposition front was cancelled on Wednesday after the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party failed to arrive at a solution after a series of meeting with smaller allies in Maharashtra. Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the seat distribution between the Congress and the NCP has been sorted out successfully but discussions over three or four …