MVA's Lok Sabha poll victory is beginning, not end, says Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray stated on Saturday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) victory in Maharashtra's Lok Sabha elections marks the beginning, not the end. He expressed confidence during a joint press conference in south Mumbai with NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan that the opposition alliance would also triumph in the upcoming state assembly elections.
Thackeray emphasised that the recent results have debunked the myth of the Bharatiya Janata Party's invincibility.
«Lok Sabha poll victory for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is not the end, it is the beginning,» the former chief minister said. Congress leader Chavan said after the Lok Sabha poll results, change of government was imminent in Maharashtra.
Taking a swipe at the prime minister, Pawar said, «We thank PM Narendra Modi for making the political atmosphere conducive for the MVA.»
In the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Congress won 13 seats, a quantum jump from the solitary seat it won in the state in 2019, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) bagged nine and the NCP (SP) eight. In the seat-sharing deal for the general elections, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had got the largest share of seats among the three parties.
Of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats, the Sena (UBT) contested 21 seats, followed by Congress at 17 and NCP (SP) at 10. In comparison, the ruling Mahayuti could bag just 17 seats, with the BJP's seat tally coming drastically down to nine from the 23 (it won in 2019). The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena
