NAGPUR: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday categorically dominated out the state going to polls concurrently with Lok Sabha. There was hypothesis for moderately some time that the state could dissolve its Assembly and opt for polls six months before it term leads to October.
The hypothesis gained traction after the sparring saffron ruling companions BJP and Shiv Sena hurriedly struck a pre-poll pact for 2019 polls and finalised a seat-sharing pact no longer just for 48 Lok Sabha but additionally for 288 Assembly seats final month. While the BJP would contest 25, the Sena will box on 23 Lok Sabha seats within the state. For Assembly seats it will be an equal department.
Some TV channels added grist to it pronouncing Haryana and Maharashtra state polls might be blended to the general elections to harvest benefit of a renewed 'silent wave' of nationalism favouring Narendra Modi after the Pulwama incident and IAF air-strikes inside Pakistan.
When a reporter posed the question here to Fadnavis simply before the Nagpur Metro inauguration function on Thursday afternoon, the executive minister firmly spoke back: "You can write it down. At least Maharashtra is not seeking simultaneous polls."
The hypothesis gained traction after the sparring saffron ruling companions BJP and Shiv Sena hurriedly struck a pre-poll pact for 2019 polls and finalised a seat-sharing pact no longer just for 48 Lok Sabha but additionally for 288 Assembly seats final month. While the BJP would contest 25, the Sena will box on 23 Lok Sabha seats within the state. For Assembly seats it will be an equal department.
Some TV channels added grist to it pronouncing Haryana and Maharashtra state polls might be blended to the general elections to harvest benefit of a renewed 'silent wave' of nationalism favouring Narendra Modi after the Pulwama incident and IAF air-strikes inside Pakistan.
When a reporter posed the question here to Fadnavis simply before the Nagpur Metro inauguration function on Thursday afternoon, the executive minister firmly spoke back: "You can write it down. At least Maharashtra is not seeking simultaneous polls."
CM scotches talk, says no simultaneous polls in Maharashtra
![CM scotches talk, says no simultaneous polls in Maharashtra]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
March 08, 2019
Rating:
