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Firm Demand : Uddhav Thackeray Wants Announcement Of CM Face First By MVA ; To Back NCP(SP) , Congress Candidate Too

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Maharashtra assembly elections will be a fight to protect self-respect of the state, says Uddhav Thackeray at MVA meeting. “We will back any candidate announced by Congress and NCP(SP) as MVA’s CM face,” Uddhav announced.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray also insisted that MVA decide its chief ministerial face first rather than going by the logic of which party wins most seats, asserting that he would back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP).

His Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Sharad Pawar, who heads NCP(SP), and Congress pitched for focussing on unseating the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition in the state. Addressing party workers of the opposition bloc MVA reported PTI, Thackeray said if the Lok Sabha polls were to protect democracy and the Constitution, then the assembly polls are a fight to preserve Maharashtra’s self-respect.

Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly are likely to be held in October or November. Pawar stressed the need for a single-point agenda to change the government in Maharashtra if the situation has to improve in the state.

He told the MVA cadres that the three partners will take along the Left outfits, Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) and the Samajwadi Party by giving them due respect, and present a united face before the people of the state.

The Sena (UBT) chief insisted that the chief ministerial candidate must be decided first, rather than by the logic of the party that wins the most seats in the elections. Thackeray said the experience he had during his alliance with the BJP was that whoever had the numbers would get the CM’s post.

Earlier today, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party, has said that helming the NCP away from the shadows of his uncle and founder Sharad Pawar after the split is a huge responsibility.

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