Maharashtra Assembly Election: Ajit Pawar expressed confidence of winning the assembly elections
Maharashtra Assembly Election: Ajit Pawar, the NCP candidate for the Baramati Assembly seat and the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, said on Wednesday that he is certain he would win the assembly elections and that the people will elect him to the Assembly for the eighth time.
“We have done the work, we want to work, and we have the vision for future developments,” Ajit Pawar told media report. I am confident in the Baramati people’ ability to elect me to the Assembly for the eighth time.”
According to Pawar, all of the elected Mahayuti MLAs will convene to choose the state’s new chief minister.
“We will have a meeting with all the elected MLAs of Mahayuti and then we will decide who will be the Chief Minister,” Pawar said.
Pawar promised that an inquiry would be carried out to find the truth amid claims made by IPS officer Ravindra Patil that Congress state chairman Nana Patole and NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule used funds connected to the Bitcoin fraud to finance their campaigns.
“An inquiry will be done and the truth will come in front of the people,” Pawar said.
Baramati is hosting one of the most anticipated contests in these elections. where Yugendra Pawar, the younger brother of Ajit Pawar’s brother Shrinivas Pawar, is running against him.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Baramati also garnered notice as Sunetra Pawar faced off against Supriya Sule, who won by a margin of 1.5 lakh votes.
The single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections will end at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, with voting starting at 7 a.m. There are 288 assembly seats that are holding polls.
Changing coalitions, ideological disputes, intricate caste relationships, and emotive appeals have all been features of the Maharashtra Assembly’s power struggle. The main competition is between the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition.
The Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar group) make up the opposition MVA, while the BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) make up the governing BJP-led Mahayuti coalition.
The BJP won 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44 in the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections. The Congress secured 42 seats, the Shiv Sena 63, and the BJP 122 in 2014.
