AAP opts out of Maharashtra Assembly elections, to support Maha Vikas Aghadi

The Aam Aadmi Party announced on Saturday that it will not contest the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections but instead support the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.

“In the Maharashtra elections, the party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will campaign for the MVA candidates,” said the party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.

महाराष्ट्र चुनाव में पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय संयोजक @ArvindKejriwal जी MVA प्रत्याशियों के लिए प्रचार करेंगे।@AamAadmiParty महाराष्ट्र में चुनाव नहीं लड़ेगी।— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) October 26, 2024

The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Congress. The three parties are also constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc at the national level, along with the Aam Aadmi Party.

Kejriwal is also expected to campaign for the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ahead of Assembly polls in Jharkhand.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is also part of the INDIA bloc.

Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on November 20. Voting in the Jharkhand polls will be conducted in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes for both states will take place on November 23.

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