Congress announces desire to become no.1 party in Maharashtra by 2024 amid unease in MVA

Signalling unease within MVA, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole revealed on Tuesday that he h been given task of helping his party emerge as number one in state. After winning only 44 seats in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls, Congress is currently fourth-largest party in state Assembly after BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. Patole, who replaced Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat as state Congress chief on February 5, met party president Sonia Gandhi and Wayan MP Rahul Gandhi in national capital.

Speaking to media reafter, former Assembly Speaker exuded confidence in Congress becoming number one party in Maharashtra by 2024.  recent rejig in state Congress unit took place amid  perception that it has yielded a lot of political  to NCP and Shiv Sena since becoming a part of Maha Vikas Aghi in state. While Patole lost 2019 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket to Nitin Gkari, he got elected to Maharashtra Assembly from Sakoli in Bhandara district. In or appointments to Maharashtra Congress, 6 working presidents and 10 vice presidents have been named. 

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Congress' unease within MVA

Despite winning a comfortable majority of its own in 2019 Assembly election, NDA could t form government in 2019 over Shiv Sena's demand for rotational CM post. After imposition of President's Rule in State, BJP took a surprising step of joining hands with NCP's Ajit Pawar, who h reportedly promised support of or legislators. However, new Fnavis-led government h to resign ahe of SC-mandated floor test owing to paucity of numbers. Subsequently, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray took oath as CM of Maharashtra backed by new allies NCP and Congress on vember 28, 2019.

In last few months, multiple Congress leers including Balasaheb Thorat have expressed ir concerns over ir party being neglected in coalition government. In May 2020, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi h publicly stated that Congress was t key decision-maker in Maharashtra. Recently, Congress has locked horns with Shiv Sena over its suggestion that Shar Pawar should replace Sonia Gandhi as UPA chairperson and demand to rename Aurangab. On multiple occasions, Congress has me it clear that it would t hesitate to quit Maharashtra government if anyone speaks against its leership. 

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