Friendly fights likely to hurt poll prospects

SHIFT IN POLITICAL EQUATIONS? Parties within the MVA, Mahayuti alliances lock horns with each other in over 25 seats

- Ravikiran Deshmukh

Separate manifestos and advertisement campaigns of respective parties from the Mahayuti and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) signal that political winds are blowing in different directions.

Although both alliances have announced their guarantees independently, each party within these coalitions has its own agenda.

When senior leaders like Dilip Walse Patil hint at a potential shift in political equations, it suggests that anything could unfold after November 23, the date when election results are announced.

Presuming the hazy political scenario, the alliance partners have decided to contest as many seats as they can; enabling friendly fights on more than 25 seats. According to political sources, this is the reason why the prominent political parties have decided to contest as many seats as they can—only to be able to play an important role in the government formation.

It is now clear that the alliance partners are locked in friendly fights at more than 25 seats, with the MVA having most of them due to the presence of a maximum number of coalition partners under the banner of INDIA.