AIMIM awaiting VBA’s response on candidate list

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi-AIMIM combine primarily cut into the Congress share, due to which the party could win only one seat in the state.

VBA’s Prakash Ambedkar offers 144 seats to Congress

The VBA chief has offered the party 144 seats to contest in the upcoming Assembly polls, after initially offering only 40 seats.

41 lakh votes polled by the VBA-AIMIM alliance in Maharashtra in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The VBA, which claims that it is against the BJP and Shiv Sena, is planning to contest all 288 Assembly seats.

Now, the Congress has sought time for a meeting and will send a letter to the VBA, said a source in the party.

The Congress and the NCP bagged 42 and 41 seats, respectively.

The VBA includes the Hyderabad-based AIMIM, led by Asaduddin Owaisi and the Dalit-dominated Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh.

Prakash Ambedkar, formed an alliance with Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh, Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and Janata Dal(S).

In 1999, Mr Pawar broke away from the Congress opposing the candidature of Sonia Gandhi for Prime Ministership on the issue of her foreign origin.

The VBA got more than 41 lakh votes across the state and ruined chances of the Congress-NCP in about nine seats.