AIMIM will contest all elections in Maharashtra from Aurangabad on and the option of entering into alliances is also open, party president Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday.
As Shiv Sena and BJP work out government formation in Maharashtra, both the parties are flexing muscles over the chief ministerial post. Shiv Sena is insisting on a 50:50 formula while BJP looks disinclined for anyone other than Devendra Fadnavis for the CM office.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandarakant Patil on Sunday blamed the presence of rebels for the party's poor performance in western Maharashtra in the Assembly polls, results of which were declared on October 24.
The number of seats won by the BJP in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, results of which were declared on Thursday, came down to 105 from 122 in 2014, and its vote-share also dipped by two per cent, Election Commission data showed.
The indication came a day after senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and ex-Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and senior Congress MP Hussain Dalwai extended similar proposals, ostensibly in a bid to keep Sena ally and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power.
The four districts selected under the Centre's programme for expeditious socio-economic development are Gadchiroli, Osmanabad, Washim and Nandurbar. They collectively comprise 14 assembly segments of the total 288 in the state.
"Maharashtra doesn't accept arrogance of power," the editorial said and added, "Our feet were always on the ground."
Shiv Sena seems to have gotten a jolt on its 'home' ground, quite literally. Shiv Sena's Vishwanath Mahadeshwar has lost against Congresss' Zeeshan Baba Siddique in Vandre East. Matoshree, the residence of the Thackeray family falls in Vandre or Bandra East.
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