Looking for 20 assembly seats in Maha, says BJPSena ally Kadu
Kadu was part of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government but was among the MLAs who switched allegiances. (Representative image)
Prahar Janashakti Party (PJP) chief Omprakash Kadu said on Thursday that his party, an ally of the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP coalition, wants to contest 20 of the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, where state elections will be held in October.
Kadu, whose outfit is part of the ruling Mahayuti but still fielded its candidate against BJP’s Navneet Rana in the Amravati Lok Sabha seat, said the PJP is assessing whether it can contest 20 seats independently or in an alliance with a different outfit.
“We are strong with twenty seats and we have been working on that over the past year. We have started the preparations. Who we will compete with for the seats will be decided later. We will assess whether we can win twenty seats independently or together. fight.” someone,” Kadu said. The former state minister said the party is planning to hold a conclave of its workers at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in central Maharashtra soon to discuss the issue. When asked if he will leave the Mahayuti, he said: “There is no question of leaving or staying in the alliance at this time.”
The Prahar Janashakti Party currently has two MLAs. Kadu was part of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government but was among the MLAs who switched their allegiance to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde when he revolted against the Shiv Sena leadership in June 2022.
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First print: June 14, 2024 | 7:22 am IST