The results of Maharashtra Assembly elections will come on Saturday. After the results are declared, only 72 hours will be given to form the government, because the tenure of the current assembly is ending on 26th November. In such a situation, if a new government is not formed by November 25, then President’s rule will be imposed in Maharashtra as per the constitutional system. This is the reason why the round of meetings has started even before the results so that political chemistry is maintained and mutual differences do not arise in the alliance. In view of this, the leaders of Congress led Maha Vikas Aghadi have started efforts to maintain mutual coordination.
In all the exit polls regarding Maharashtra elections, the possibility of BJP-led Grand Alliance forming the government has been expressed, but the leaders of Mahavikas Aghadi have rejected the claim of all the exit polls. Mahavikas Aghadi claims that the change of power in the state is permanent. Mahavikas Aghadi government is going to be formed. Prominent leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi held a meeting in Mumbai on Thursday and brainstormed, in which the strategy to form the government and keep the MLAs united was discussed.
Discussion started in Mahavikas Aghadi
A meeting of prominent leaders of the three constituent parties of Maha Vikas Aghadi was held late Thursday evening at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai. Congress’s Balasaheb Thorat and Satej Patil, Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Sanjay Raut, Anil Desai and NCP (S) state president Jayant Patil were present in this meeting. After the meeting that lasted for two and a half hours, all these leaders of Mahavikas Aghadi came together to meet Sharad Pawar at his Silver Oak bungalow. After this, he went to Matoshree and met Uddhav Thackeray and shared the information about the meeting.
If sources are to be believed, the prominent leaders of Mahavikas Aghadi met and discussed in detail the strategy of forming the government and handling the MLAs. During this, who would become the Chief Minister was also discussed. It was also discussed that independent and rebel leaders can play an important role in government formation. In such a situation, a plan has also been made to establish contacts with independent and rebel leaders contesting the elections. Balasaheb Thorat and Jayant Patil have been deployed in the mission to establish contact with rebel leaders. Not only this, a strategy has also been made to ensure that the MLAs of Mahavikas Aghadi do not break away. As soon as the results come, a plan has been made to bring all the winning MLAs to Mumbai.
Struggle over CM post in MVA
However, the meeting of Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders took place after the statement of Congress State President Nana Patole in which he had said that Maha Vikas Aghadi government will be formed under the leadership of Congress. Congress will emerge as the largest party and form the government. On Nana Patole’s statement, Uddhav faction leader Sanjay Raut said that Maha Vikas Aghadi will form the government, but all three parties will sit and decide who will be the CM. In such a situation, it is clear that there is a tussle going on among the Mahavikas Aghadi leaders regarding the post of CM. Due to this, the meeting was held late in the evening so that there were no differences of opinion and there was no rift in the alliance regarding the post of Chief Minister.
The formula for the post of CM has been decided in the meeting of Mahavikas Aghadi leaders held at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai. The party included in Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has more MLAs, will become the CM. In this way, after the results are declared, the MLAs of the three parties will select the leader for the post of CM. Sharad Pawar has taken Nana Patole’s statement seriously. He has instructed MVA leaders to avoid making statements until the election results are out. Such statements should not be made against each other, which would create tension in the alliance and the Grand Alliance would take advantage of it.
72 hours time to form government
The tenure of Maharashtra Assembly is ending on 26th November, hence after the election results on 23rd November, political parties will get only 72 hours to form the government. If there is failure to form a coalition by November 26, President’s rule will be imposed. The possibility of a divided mandate is very high, because no single party has got a clear mandate in the state since 1990. However, before imposing President’s rule, the Governor has the right to invite the single largest party to prove its majority in the House.
Senior advocate and law expert Dhruv Gupta says that the question of imposing President’s rule does not arise without considering the option of government formation. After the election results are out, there will be many contenders to form the government. In such a situation, the Governor should, at his discretion, invite any one of them to form the government and will have to direct him to prove majority in the House within a certain time period. In such a situation, if someone pulls back from forming the government or is unable to prove majority, then approval will have to be given to impose President’s rule. Yes, one thing is certain that the process of government formation will have to be completed before 26th November.
If any one party or alliance does not get majority before the formation of the new government of Maharashtra, then the Governor can give a chance to the largest party or pre-poll alliance. It depends on that party or coalition whether it forms the government or not. Apart from this, if any alliance has majority and there is tension among its constituent parties, then only the option of President’s rule will be left in Maharashtra. Both Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi are understanding this very well. In such a situation, political exercise has started.
To avoid imposition of President’s rule in Maharashtra, there is an effort to form the government as soon as possible and there is a strategy to re-induct the rebel candidates into the party. Issues like the ongoing tussle among the leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi and keeping the MLAs at a safe place so that they do not break after the election results are declared were discussed in the meeting held on Thursday. What arrangements will be made if majority is not obtained was also discussed.
What was the history of Maharashtra’s mandate?
The last time any party got majority in Maharashtra was in 1985, when Congress won 161 seats. Since then, seven assembly elections have resulted in fractured mandates and coalition governments. President’s rule has been imposed in Maharashtra thrice. President’s rule was first imposed in Maharashtra in the year 1980, then after 34 years i.e. in the year 2014, President’s rule was imposed for the second time and for the third time in the year 2019, when after the results came, Shiv Sena broke the alliance with BJP for the post of CM. Was. Efforts have been started to create political chemistry to prevent a situation like President’s rule.
