Zoom News : Jun 21, 2022, 08:15 AM
MH: Maha Vikas Aghadi has suffered a major setback in the Maharashtra Legislative Council election. The saffron party managed to win five out of 10 seats in this election. At the same time, Chandrakant Handore has to face defeat. Congress's brother Jagtap has accused the MLAs of his own party of betraying him. He has said to complain to the interim president of the party, Sonia Gandhi. At the same time, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs.
Let us tell you that in the MLC elections, Shiv Sena candidates have won by a small margin. Shiv Sena has the support of 55 MLAs besides independent MLAs. But Shiv Sena got only 52 votes in the election. This shocked Uddhav Thackeray. He has called an urgent meeting of MLAs at his residence.BJP wins five seats in Maharashtra Legislative CouncilThe results of all 10 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections were declared late on Monday night. The BJP managed to win all its five candidates. Two seats each in the account of Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), while one seat has come in the account of Congress. Sachin Ahir and Amshya Padvi have won from Shiv Sena, while Ramraje Nimbalkar and Eknath Khadse have won from NCP. Prasad Lad, Shrikant Bhartiya, Praveen Darekar, Uma Khapre and Ram Shinde have won from BJP. Congress candidate Bhai Jagtap has also won.Congress MLAs cross votingAccording to sources, the Congress had 44 MLAs, but only 41 of them gave first priority to the Congress. The news of cross voting of three MLAs came to light. Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the party's candidates got a total of 134 votes. Earlier, there was uproar till late night regarding the counting of votes.NCP accuses BJP of horse-tradingAfter the defeat of Congress candidate Chandrakant Handore from Prasad Lad of BJP in Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, the NCP accused the BJP of 'horse-trading'. The Shiv Sena alleged that the BJP won by misusing the powers. Congress says that if its MLAs did not vote for Handore, then it cannot blame anyone for it.Out of two Congress candidates Bhai Jagtap has won but Handore lost to BJP candidate Lad which is a setback for the ruling MVA government in the state. In the election, all five candidates of BJP got victory, while two candidates of Shiv Sena and two candidates of NCP also got victory. Shiv Sena's two winning candidates Sachin Ahir and Amshya Padvi got 26 votes each, while the party had 55 votes.Ahir told reporters, “Party seniors will analyze it. He has tried to provoke Shiv Sena. The result shows that all the MLAs are with the leadership of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. You also know what is being done to win the election.Senior Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut said the BJP's (fifth) candidate got victory only because the BJP misused its authority. Two NCP candidates got 57 votes against its strength of 51. NCP leader Jayant Patil says the victory shows the solidarity of the MLAs in the Sharad Pawar-led party.Asked about the Congress's defeat, Patil said, "We will know about it tomorrow." Those who may have done horse-trading, they will gradually come to the fore.” NCP leader Supriya Sule targeted the BJP and said that the party won only on the strength of money and ED.
Let us tell you that in the MLC elections, Shiv Sena candidates have won by a small margin. Shiv Sena has the support of 55 MLAs besides independent MLAs. But Shiv Sena got only 52 votes in the election. This shocked Uddhav Thackeray. He has called an urgent meeting of MLAs at his residence.BJP wins five seats in Maharashtra Legislative CouncilThe results of all 10 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections were declared late on Monday night. The BJP managed to win all its five candidates. Two seats each in the account of Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), while one seat has come in the account of Congress. Sachin Ahir and Amshya Padvi have won from Shiv Sena, while Ramraje Nimbalkar and Eknath Khadse have won from NCP. Prasad Lad, Shrikant Bhartiya, Praveen Darekar, Uma Khapre and Ram Shinde have won from BJP. Congress candidate Bhai Jagtap has also won.Congress MLAs cross votingAccording to sources, the Congress had 44 MLAs, but only 41 of them gave first priority to the Congress. The news of cross voting of three MLAs came to light. Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the party's candidates got a total of 134 votes. Earlier, there was uproar till late night regarding the counting of votes.NCP accuses BJP of horse-tradingAfter the defeat of Congress candidate Chandrakant Handore from Prasad Lad of BJP in Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, the NCP accused the BJP of 'horse-trading'. The Shiv Sena alleged that the BJP won by misusing the powers. Congress says that if its MLAs did not vote for Handore, then it cannot blame anyone for it.Out of two Congress candidates Bhai Jagtap has won but Handore lost to BJP candidate Lad which is a setback for the ruling MVA government in the state. In the election, all five candidates of BJP got victory, while two candidates of Shiv Sena and two candidates of NCP also got victory. Shiv Sena's two winning candidates Sachin Ahir and Amshya Padvi got 26 votes each, while the party had 55 votes.Ahir told reporters, “Party seniors will analyze it. He has tried to provoke Shiv Sena. The result shows that all the MLAs are with the leadership of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. You also know what is being done to win the election.Senior Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut said the BJP's (fifth) candidate got victory only because the BJP misused its authority. Two NCP candidates got 57 votes against its strength of 51. NCP leader Jayant Patil says the victory shows the solidarity of the MLAs in the Sharad Pawar-led party.Asked about the Congress's defeat, Patil said, "We will know about it tomorrow." Those who may have done horse-trading, they will gradually come to the fore.” NCP leader Supriya Sule targeted the BJP and said that the party won only on the strength of money and ED.