Maharashtra: Samajwadi Party Moves Out Of MVA, Announces Abu Azmi

Samajwadi Party senior leader in Maharashtra, Abu Azmi on Saturday announced that his party high command has decided to move out of Maha Vikas Agadi alliance following the humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024. The Maha Vikas Aghadi could only manage to win 49 seats out of the 288.

Shiv Sena (UBT) representatives won 20 seats, Congress 16, NCP (Sharad Pawar) 10, and Samajwadi Party bagged 2 seats. 1 CPM candidate also emerged victorious bringing MVA's total to 49.

Today, when MVA leaders announced not to take oath alleging malfunctioning with EVMs during Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024, Abu Azmi said, "What we have to do with this - we were not contacted during ticket distribution, there was no coordination whatsoever during elections. But, I also suggest removing EVM if there is doubt among the people...I have taken the oath."

Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly session today, Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray said, "Today we have decided that our (Shiv Sena UBT) winning MLAs will not take oath. If this was the mandate of the people, people would have been happy and celebrated it, but people did not celebrate this victory anywhere. We have doubts about EVM."

He further added that "Democracy is being murdered.'"