‘Can fight state polls anytime'

At the Maha Vikas Aghadi joint rally at the Shanmukhananda Hall on Friday, all the alliance partners said they are ready to fight the assembly elections even “if they were announced today”.

Later in the day, the Election Commission of India announced the assembly elections for J&K and Haryana but not Maharashtra, which was criticised and questioned by several political leaders.

Calling the alliance a “World Cup winning team”, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, “One match we have won another we will win…” Senior leader and NCP chief Sharad Pawar also gave a message of unity to the MVA bloc.

“Going forward together in upcoming elections, those who will get seats from MVA, we will all support them and walk together in Maharashtra assembly elections,” he said.