Maharashtra Congress Eyes Winnable Candidates for Assembly Elections

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole indicated that the criterion for finalizing candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections will be winnability, with a survey in progress. He emphasized seat-sharing talks with MVA partners and promised to continue and enhance social schemes if elected to power.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday indicated that the criterion for finalizing candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections would be based on winnability, with a survey currently underway by the party.

Speaking in Nanded, Patole emphasized that Congress nominees would represent various castes and communities. Negotiations for seat-sharing with Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners will follow a joint meeting of office-bearers from Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), and Congress after August 16.

Patole further assured that the party would field candidates known for their work among the masses and those whose names are proposed by the people. Additionally, he parried questions about MVA's potential chief ministerial candidate while calling on the ruling Mahayuti alliance to declare theirs. He also highlighted the party's commitment to resolving reservation issues through a caste census and critiqued the current Maharashtra government's schemes as copied from the Congress' Lok Sabha poll manifesto.