Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday predicted that the ruling Mahayuti alliance will win greater than 175 seats within the upcoming meeting elections.
Apart from Ajit Pawar’s NCP, the Mahayuti alliance contains Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) and chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
“Mahyuti will get greater than 175 seats and in Baramati I’ll win with a margin of a couple of lakh votes,” ANI quoted Pawar as saying in Baramati.
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Pawar toured Baramati the place he met villagers and addressed their points. The NCP chief has been an MLA from the Baramati constituency since 1991, and is pitted towards his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who’s making his electoral debut within the meeting polls.
Yugendra Pawar is within the fray as a candidate for the NCP(SP), which is led by his grand-uncle Sharad Pawar. The NCP(SP), together with Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), kinds the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
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Ajit Pawar-led NCP manifesto
On November 6, the NCP unveiled its manifesto for the Maharashtra elections, promising to boost the quantity of Ladki Bahin scheme’s month-to-month monetary help to ₹2,100 from the current ₹1,500.
For farmers, the occasion promised to boost the Shetkari Sanman Nidhi scheme quantity from ₹12,000 to ₹15,000 per 12 months.
“We’ll current the New Maharashtra Imaginative and prescient inside 100 days of presidency formation,” PTI quoted Ajit Pawar.
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The occasion’s different guarantees embody a dedication to create 2.5 million jobs and supply month-to-month stipends of ₹10,000 to 1 million college students by way of coaching.
It additionally guarantees ₹15,000 month-to-month wage for Anganwadi and ASHA staff, to cut back electrical energy payments by 30 per cent whereas prioritising photo voltaic and renewable power.
Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra meeting can be held on November 20. The counting of votes will happen on November 23.
Within the 2019 Maharashtra meeting elections, the BJP gained 105 seats, Shiv Sena secured 56, and Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP gained 122 seats, Shiv Sena 63, and Congress 42.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)