Mumbai, Oct 1 (PTI) Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday stated he has conveyed to senior BJP chief that his social gathering RPI (A) desires to contest on eight to 10 seats within the upcoming Maharashtra meeting polls.
RPI (A) is a part of the Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar’s NCP.
Speaking to PTI, the RPI (A) chief stated the seat-sharing talks are underway, and he spoke to the BJP’s Maharashtra polls in-charge, Bhupendra Yadav, about his social gathering’s calls for.
“We gave him the message that the RPI (A) ought to get eight to 10 seats. I place confidence in our alliance companions, BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. The RPI (A) has a separate vote financial institution, and several other individuals from the Dalit group are with the social gathering, so we must always get an element within the seat sharing,” he stated.
Athawale clarified that the social gathering was solely asking for eight to 10 seats, which comes to at least one or two seats in each area to extend its energy.
The elections to 288 meeting seats in Maharashtra are more likely to be held in November.
Within the present meeting, the BJP is the one largest social gathering with 103 MLAs, adopted by Shiv Sena 40, NCP 41, Congress 40, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15, NCP (SP) 13 and others 29. Some seats are vacant.
The Union minister stated he met with Mumbai Guardian Minister Deepak Kesarkar to debate the preparations for the loss of life anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar on December 6.
“A gathering was held with civic and railway officers. This 12 months, round Rs 11 crore have been permitted for this, and preparations will probably be made at Shivaji Park, Chaitya Bhoomi, amongst different locations, for guests who arrive in giant numbers,” he stated.
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