No differences in MVA, winnability criterion for distribution of tickets: Patole

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole Monday said there are no differences in Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA over the allocation of seats for upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections and added that winnability will be the criterion for the distribution of ticketsThe Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Shiv Sena UBT the NCP Sharad Pawar faction and CongressShiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has already clarified his stand on the allocation of seats The goal of Congress Shiv Sena UBT and the NCP is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in elections Patole told reportersHe said the Congress wants to fight the BJP by taking everyone along and alleged that differences have cropped up in the ruling Mahayuti grand alliance over the allocation of seatsTo quell these differences the BJP will eventually use the ED and CBI to silence its allies he allegedThe Mahayuti includes the BJP the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar factionMeanwhile Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule has ruled out any internal confusion on the overtheseat sharing issue for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections saying that a lot of things about seat sharing were clarified in a meeting between Sonia Gandhi Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad PawarThere is no confusion internally There was a meeting between Sonia Gandhi Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar in Delhi 15 days ago A lot of things about seat sharing were clarified in that meeting The information will be officially announced in the next 810 days Sule told reporters on MondayThere will be ups and downs in the seatsharing formula as we are in alliance so this will happen Sule saidWhen asked about the role of Prakash Ambedkar in the INDIA bloc she said that he will definitely play an important role in the allianceEarlier former Lok Sabha MP Prakash Ambedkar the grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar reiterated his interest in joining the MVA and INDIA alliance ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsVBA Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi President Prakash Ambedkar in his letter to Mallikarjun Kharge Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray stressed the need to adopt his proposed formula of 12 seats for each partyHe termed the 12121212 formula as a conflictfree plan to decide on the number of seat sharing in the stateEmphasising that defeating Modi should be the only priority for MVA Prakash Ambedkar in his letter mentioned that the VBA desires that the parties within the MVA Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray Nationalist Congress Party Indian National Congress and VBA should fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections together and on an equal number of seats as equal partners With inputs from agencies