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The Congress on Monday held a meeting to chalk out its strategy for the Maharashtra assembly elections and took stock of key issues such as seat sharing with its allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and poll guarantees, as it sought to avoid mistakes that led to the partys defeat in the Haryana elections earlier this month.n)..
The meeting chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in the national capital was attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, leader of opposition in Maharashtra assembly Vijay Wadettiwar and senior leader Balasaheb Thorat..
According to one of the functionaries cited above, the meeting assumes significance as the party faces considerable pressure from its allies the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) over distribution of seats and possible dilution of votes due to the Maratha quota agitation by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil..
A second Congress functionary said the party is keen on fighting in at least 110 seats even as the Sena (UBT) wants to field its candidates from some Congress strongholds..
Taking a lesson from Haryana, where the narrative over the seven guarantees of the Congress was short-lived and failed to create an impact, the leaders in Maharashtra have been asked to chalk out a plan for maximum outreach of a joint declaration of the three MVA partners, the functionary said..
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