Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) unit chief Jayant Patil on Thursday attended a dinner of Congress MLAs organized to discuss opposition strategy for Friday's biennial elections to 11 Legislative Council seats.
AICC's Maharashtra in-charge, Ramesh Chennithala, was also present at the city hotel where his party colleague and opposition leader in the state assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar, had organized the meeting and dinner on the eve of the elections, in those in the running are 12 candidates.
The Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) are constituencies of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) candidate Jayant Patil, who is seeking re-election as an MLC and is supported by the NCP (SP), attended the dinner.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Anil Desai, party leader Vinayak Raut and Thackeray's close aide Milind Narvekar, who is the 12th candidate in the fray, were also present.
Congress has re-nominated sitting MLC Pradnya Satav and has 14 more votes after fulfilling the quota of 23 votes for her.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), who form the electoral college for the polls, will meet at the Vidhan Bhavan complex in south Mumbai, where voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. m. to 4 p.m. m. The counting of votes will begin at 5:00 p.m.
Each winning candidate would need a quota of 23 first preference votes. The 288-member legislative assembly is the electoral college for the polls and its current number is 274.
The Congress has 37 MLAs, the Shiv Sena (UBT) 15 and the NCP (SP) 10.
The Congress has issued a whip to its MLAs, asking them to vote as per the party directive. According to the directive, it is mandatory for all party MLAs to vote for MVA candidates.
The BJP has fielded five candidates, its allies Shiv Sena and the NCP two each. In the opposition MVA, the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) have fielded one candidate each and there is one candidate from the PWP. The NCP (SP) has not fielded any candidate and is supporting PWP's Jayant Patil.
The municipal elections are held just three months before the state legislative elections.
AICC's Maharashtra in-charge, Ramesh Chennithala, was also present at the city hotel where his party colleague and opposition leader in the state assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar, had organized the meeting and dinner on the eve of the elections, in those in the running are 12 candidates.
The Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) are constituencies of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) candidate Jayant Patil, who is seeking re-election as an MLC and is supported by the NCP (SP), attended the dinner.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Anil Desai, party leader Vinayak Raut and Thackeray's close aide Milind Narvekar, who is the 12th candidate in the fray, were also present.
Congress has re-nominated sitting MLC Pradnya Satav and has 14 more votes after fulfilling the quota of 23 votes for her.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), who form the electoral college for the polls, will meet at the Vidhan Bhavan complex in south Mumbai, where voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. m. to 4 p.m. m. The counting of votes will begin at 5:00 p.m.
Each winning candidate would need a quota of 23 first preference votes. The 288-member legislative assembly is the electoral college for the polls and its current number is 274.
The Congress has 37 MLAs, the Shiv Sena (UBT) 15 and the NCP (SP) 10.
The Congress has issued a whip to its MLAs, asking them to vote as per the party directive. According to the directive, it is mandatory for all party MLAs to vote for MVA candidates.
The BJP has fielded five candidates, its allies Shiv Sena and the NCP two each. In the opposition MVA, the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) have fielded one candidate each and there is one candidate from the PWP. The NCP (SP) has not fielded any candidate and is supporting PWP's Jayant Patil.
The municipal elections are held just three months before the state legislative elections.
