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As the section assemblage elections approach, the interior dynamics wrong the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are heating up arsenic partners conflict implicit confederation arrangements. In the latest, Mumbai Congress Chief Varsha Gaikwad and different leaders met NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) to sermon an confederation with its “natural ally”.
Highlighting that Congress wants to contention with “like-minded parties”, Ms. Gaikwad said, “We cannot unite with idiosyncratic who takes the instrumentality into their hands. Besides, Mr. Pawar is simply a earthy state of the Congress and met him to sermon the upcoming polls and imaginable confederation with us.”
This comes aft Congress expressed its privation to tally elections independently successful the Municipal Corporation elections successful Mumbai, and Shiv Sena (UBT) advised it to introspect connected its decision.
Ms. Gaikwad and different enactment leaders, Amin Patel, Aslam Shaikh, and Jyoti Gaikwad, met Mr. Pawar and his girl and Baramati MP Supriya Sule. The gathering is besides seen arsenic Congress looking for a caller equation, arsenic its state Shiv Sena (UBT) has expressed its volition to contention the predetermination with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), and the expansive aged enactment is hesitant astir MNS’ introduction successful the MVA.
“For BMC elections, we privation to combat on with partners who person the aforesaid thought process. However, everything is inactive nether discussion, and soon I volition fto you know,” Ms. Gaikwad added.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is expected to beryllium held successful January 2026 successful each 227 wards. Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala besides expressed to contention the BMC polls independently.
Ms. Gaikwad besides asserted that determination has been nary treatment connected the confederation with MNS, saying, “We invited if Thackeray cousins travel together, but nary treatment has been held with us, and we are not successful favour of joining those who instrumentality the instrumentality into their hands.”
“In these elections, we volition rise issues concerning pollution, healthcare, education, corruption, postulation congestion, and others,” she added.
Congress MLA Amin Patel supported the determination of warring solo, saying the enactment came to the determination aft three-month-long discussions with the section cadre.
