Ashok Chavan meets Kharge, says no discussion on seat sharing for 2024 LS polls

Ahead of the 2024 general elections Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at the latters residence in New DelhiThe meeting between the two leaders extended for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes However Chavan while talking to the reporters said that there were no discussions regarding the allocation of seats among the parties within the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA alliance reported news agency ANIMaharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and the position of the Congress party on all these seats was discussed However there has been no discussion on which party will contest how many seats in the MVA Maha Vikas Aghadi as all the parties will discuss it together and later it will be decided by Congress President Ashok Chavan saidExplaining the reason for the meeting extending more than two hours Ashok Chavan said that the grand old party President has been in charge of Maharashtra in the past so he has a very deep interest and comprehensive understanding of Maharashtras politics Later taking to Twitter the Congress senior leader said Lok Sabha Elections 2024 current political situation in the state and current important public issues were discussed on this occasionThe Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena UBT of Uddhav Thackeray the Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress has not decided on the seatsharing formula till now Seatsharing is one of the biggest challenges facing the MVA while preparing for the 2024 polls as this is the first time the three parties have come together to fight a grand electoral battle reported ANIHowever Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole ahead of a twoday review meeting of his party of the states 48 Lok Sabha seats said that the seatsharing talks in the Maha Vikas Aghadi will be smooth since the primary aim was to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP On the other hand Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP will jointly contest all upcoming elections including Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha and local body elections in the StateShinde and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had yesterday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in New Delhi to discuss several issues related to the State Weve decided that Shiv Sena and BJP will jointly contest all upcoming elections including Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha and local body elections tweeted Shinde todayPrime Minister Narendra Modi has always been guided for various projects in the state We took this appointment as we always get guidance from Shah Our alliance for the development of Maharashtra is strong and in the last 11 months we have taken various development decisions and implemented them clearing stalled projects Shindes tweet further readIn the future we will contest elections together and win with a majority to make Maharashtra the number one state in the country in all fields to continue the race of development he added In the 2019 elections Sena had won 18 of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and one seat from Dadra and Nagar HaveliWith inputs from ANI