Despite the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition announcing the induction of the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi into the MVA fold, Mr. Ambedkar on Wednesday clarified that his party was not yet part of the MVA, while demanding that the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) ought to give its formal acceptance to include his party as part of the opposition.
Mr. Ambedkar further complained there was no clarity on part of the Congress top brass as to whether Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole had the authority to take a decision on inducting the VBA into the MVA fold.
The VBA chief further said that the three major MVA constituents – the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), the Congress, and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction – must decide on their seat-sharing formula before the February 2 meeting in which the VBA was invited.
