THANE: After failing to open its account in the remaining two general elections, MNS leader Raj Thackeray announced on Sunday that his birthday celebration would no longer contest the Lok Sabha polls. An MNS functionary mentioned the birthday celebration will as a substitute focal point on the assembly polls to be held later this year and may imagine serving to sure NCP applicants in the LS polls.
While this has put an end to speculations over MNS fielding applicants, Thackeray’s decision turns out to have caused unease amongst his cadre, with the Shiv Sena and the NCP eyeing the birthday celebration’s voter base in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The MNS instructions a small following in the MMR. In the 2014 LS polls, its applicants had jointly received 4 lakh votes in Mumbai-South Central, Mumbai North-West, Thane and Kalyan seats, however the fact that they all needed to forfeit their deposits. Thackeray’s enchantment prevailed in the assembly elections six months later when the MNS vote depend in the MMR exceeded 7 lakh.
MNS functionaries have been hoping for a poll pact with the NCP and eyeing the Mumbai North-East and Kalyan LS seats—each traditionally contested by way of NCP.
“We have been keen to place up a fight towards BJP’s Kirit Somaiya and ensure his defeat with toughen from all events, including the Sena which has made this seat a status issue in its talks with BJP. The constituency hasn't ever given a second term to a sitting MP and this time we had a possibility. Kalyan too has a powerful MNS base. However, the Congress did not need our birthday celebration on board with them,” an MNS functionary mentioned.
However, the MNS decision has introduced smiles to the faces of the Sena and NCP. “It is herbal that MNS functionaries can have better affinity to the Sena than the NCP. In fact, ground stage talks are already below approach in Kalyan and Thane where Sena MPs Dr Shirkant Shinde and Rajan Vichare will battle it out with NCP nominees,’’ a Sena functionary mentioned.
Terming Thackeray’s decision “politically prudent” , political analyst mentioned, “The 2019 LS polls does no longer offer any space for any birthday celebration no longer aligned with the BJP-Sena or the Congress-NCP. If you are not in either camp, then there's agenda that will probably be so persuasive to fetch you votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, all of the 12 MNS nominees lost their poll deposit. It would no longer be prudent to expose your self additional and demoralise the birthday celebration cadre.”
While this has put an end to speculations over MNS fielding applicants, Thackeray’s decision turns out to have caused unease amongst his cadre, with the Shiv Sena and the NCP eyeing the birthday celebration’s voter base in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The MNS instructions a small following in the MMR. In the 2014 LS polls, its applicants had jointly received 4 lakh votes in Mumbai-South Central, Mumbai North-West, Thane and Kalyan seats, however the fact that they all needed to forfeit their deposits. Thackeray’s enchantment prevailed in the assembly elections six months later when the MNS vote depend in the MMR exceeded 7 lakh.
MNS functionaries have been hoping for a poll pact with the NCP and eyeing the Mumbai North-East and Kalyan LS seats—each traditionally contested by way of NCP.
“We have been keen to place up a fight towards BJP’s Kirit Somaiya and ensure his defeat with toughen from all events, including the Sena which has made this seat a status issue in its talks with BJP. The constituency hasn't ever given a second term to a sitting MP and this time we had a possibility. Kalyan too has a powerful MNS base. However, the Congress did not need our birthday celebration on board with them,” an MNS functionary mentioned.
However, the MNS decision has introduced smiles to the faces of the Sena and NCP. “It is herbal that MNS functionaries can have better affinity to the Sena than the NCP. In fact, ground stage talks are already below approach in Kalyan and Thane where Sena MPs Dr Shirkant Shinde and Rajan Vichare will battle it out with NCP nominees,’’ a Sena functionary mentioned.
Terming Thackeray’s decision “politically prudent” , political analyst mentioned, “The 2019 LS polls does no longer offer any space for any birthday celebration no longer aligned with the BJP-Sena or the Congress-NCP. If you are not in either camp, then there's agenda that will probably be so persuasive to fetch you votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, all of the 12 MNS nominees lost their poll deposit. It would no longer be prudent to expose your self additional and demoralise the birthday celebration cadre.”
Lok Sabha elections: MNS opts out; Shiv Sena, NCP eye Raj Thackeray’s vote bank
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