In anticipation of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled for October, a senior leader from the Shiv Sena, aligned with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, emphasized the party’s stance on seat distribution within the coalition.
Ramdas Kadam, a former state minister and prominent figure within the Shiv Sena, expressed that the party should secure a minimum of 100 seats out of the total 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra. He asserted this during a commemorative event marking the 58th Foundation Day of the undivided Shiv Sena, hosted by the Eknath Shinde faction at the NSCI complex on Wednesday.
“We should get 100 seats to contest, and we will make sure that we win 90 out of them,” Ramdas Kadam affirmed, reflecting the party’s ambitious electoral goals for the upcoming polls.
The Shiv Sena, a key constituent of the Mahayuti coalition along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), plays a pivotal role in Maharashtra’s political landscape. The coalition’s dynamics often hinge on negotiations over seat allocations among its partners.
Recently, Chhagan Bhujbal, a state minister and leader from the NCP, had also voiced his party’s expectations, suggesting that the NCP should secure between 80 to 90 seats in the seat-sharing arrangement ahead of the elections.
As Maharashtra gears up for the electoral process, the allocation of assembly seats among the Mahayuti coalition partners remains a significant point of discussion and negotiation, influencing the state’s political trajectory in the months to come.
