In a scene reminiscent of 2019 when Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, along with smaller parties, displayed a show of strength to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, all the MLAs came together yet again on Tuesday evening to ensure the victory of the sixth candidate of the ruling alliance in the June 10 Rajya Sabha election.
All three ruling parties and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have already brought their MLAs to Mumbai from all over the State and lodged them in separate hotels. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leaders both from the State and the Centre briefed the MLAs on the importance of the June 10 election. The meeting was in progress at the time of writing this report.
According to sources, CPM’s lone MLA Vinod Nikole too joined the meeting. Interestingly, the Samajwadi Party with two MLAs on Tuesday asked the MVA what it had done for minorities since the time it came to power. “I have written to the Chief Minister and expect a response from him,” said SP MLA Abu Azmi.
