Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders hold crucial meeting in Mumbai

Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA leaders on Sunday convened a significant meeting in Mumbai to discuss pressing issues following their recent electoral setbacks reported ANIKey figures who attended the meeting include Aaditya Thackeray Vijay Wadettiwar Sunil Prabhu Jitendra Awhad Nitin Raut and Nana PatoleShiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday announced that the partys winning MLAs would refrain from taking the oath of office in the ongoing special session of the Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyAaditya Thackeray also expressed skepticism regarding the legitimacy of Electronic Voting Machines EVMsToday we have decided that our Shiv Sena UBT winning MLAs will not take the oath If this was the mandate of the people people would have been happy and celebrated it However there was no such celebration or enthusiasm from the public We have doubts about EVM Aaditya Thackeray saidThis meeting comes in the wake of disappointing results for the MVA in the Maharashtra Assembly Election held on November 20The Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled Mahayuti alliance achieved a resounding victory securing 235 seats with the BJP alone winning 132 seatsThe Shiv Sena UBT garnered 20 seats while the Nationalist Congress Party NCP from the Sharad Pawar faction claimed 10 seats Congress a major partner in the MVA only managed to win 16 seats marking a significant declineIn response to the electoral outcome Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal announced a comprehensive review of their performanceDuring a recent Congress Working Committee CWC meeting which saw the participation of 81 members it was decided to establish internal committees at the block and district levels to address electoral performance and organisational issuesVenugopal stated We analysed the performance of the party in the recently concluded Assembly election The CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into matters related to electoral performance and organisational issues in the blocks and districtsMahayuti leaders slam Opposition for misleading people about EVMsThe ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra criticised opposition parties for allegedly misleading the public regarding EVMs following the recent assembly elections reported news agency PTIShiv Sena leader Uday Samant criticised the oppositions double standards regarding the oathtaking ceremonyIt is because of the MVAs double standards that the Samajwadi Party has parted from the alliance Yesterday they boycotted the oathtaking ceremony and today they will hopefully take oath as members which will again highlight their double standards he saidHe claimed the opposition had come up with a fake narrative intended to distract people from their electoral defeatWith inputs from ANI PTI