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Congress suffered a major setback in Maharashtra elections in which it secured merely 16 seats while Uddhav Sena won 20 seats.
Maharashtra Assembly Election results (PTI Image)
Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora, who lost the Maharashtra Assembly Election from Worli against Aaditya Thackeray, on Sunday claimed that while he was in Congress earlier, he had warned the party against allying with Uddhav Thackeray in 2019 for “ministerial berths and short-term gains”.
He said that the move by the grand old party would have hurt it in the long term.
What Was Milind Deora’s 2019 Warning To Congress?
Reacting to the Congress’ massive defeat in the polls in which the party secured only 16 seats in the 288-seated Assembly, Deora, who switched to Shiv Sena in January this year, said that Congress “sacrificed everything” for some berths in the ministry and several of those ministers went on to lose the polls yesterday.
For those asking my reaction to Congress’s bitter defeat:In 2019, I warned against allying with UBT, knowing it would hurt the party in the long-term. For 12 MVA ministerial berths & short-term gains, Congress sacrificed everything.
The irony? Many of those ministers lost…
— Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा ☮️ (@milinddeora) November 24, 2024
“For those asking my reaction to Congress’s bitter defeat: In 2019, I warned against allying with UBT, knowing it would hurt the party in the long term. For 12 MVA ministerial berths & short-term gains, Congress sacrificed everything. The irony? Many of those ministers lost yesterday,” he said in a post.
Maharashtra Election Results
Congress was wiped out in Maharashtra as the party was reduced from 44 seats in 2019 to 16 in the 2024 elections.
Uddhav’s (undivided) Shiv Sena which won 56 seats (in alliance with BJP) in 2019, also suffered massive defeat as it could only win 20 seats this time in alliance with the MVA.
The Mahayuti won 234 seats in the 288-seated Assembly, making a historic comeback to power.
