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MVA Will Win 180-190 Seats In Assembly Polls, Says Shirur MP Amol Kolhe

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MVA Will Win 180-190 Seats In Assembly Polls, Says Shirur MP Amol Kolhe

NCP (SP) MP Amol Kolhe, who represents the Shirur Lok Sabha seat, on Monday claimed that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) — a coalition of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and NCP led by Sharad Pawar — will win at least 180-190 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.

“Looking at the trends of the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, the MVA is ahead on at least 155 Assembly seats. I am sure this number will increase to 180-190 seats given that we are taking a lot of efforts,” Kolhe said in a video he posted on X (formerly Twitter). He captioned the video, “Ab ki baar, MVA sarkar.”

Recently, Kolhe’s party chief Sharad Pawar emphasised that the “winds of change” were blowing and said the MVA could win 225 seats.

“In the 2019 Lok Sabha election the opposition won six seats, while in the 2024 election, the MVA won 31 out of 48 seats. Winds of change are blowing. People saw the Modi administration and have decided to change it. The change was possible owing to people’s movement. I am sure the same trend will be reflected in the Assembly election too. MVA will win 225 out of 288 seats,” the former Union minister said.

The election for the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly is likely to be held in the month of October. In order to form a government, a party or an alliance, needs a minimum of 145 seats.

In the 2019 Assembly polls, the BJP was the single-largest party with 105 seats, the undivided Shiv Sena got 56, the undivided NCP got 54 and the Congress bagged 44 seats. Despite being in a pre-poll alliance, Shiv Sena joined hands with Congress-NCP and Uddhav Thackeray became the chief minister. However, this was short-lived as Eknath Shinde rebelled along with over 40 MLAs and formed a government with the BJP. Shinde was made the CM and Devendra Fadnavis became his deputy. Following this, there was another similar rebellion in the NCP as Ajit Pawar joined hands with Shinde and Fadnavis, taking away his supporter MLAs. He was also made a deputy CM.

This coalition — Mahayuti — did not get the anticipated success in the Lok Sabha polls with BJP winning only nine seats, Shinde Sena bagging seven and Ajit Pawar’s NCP emerging victorious on just one seat. It will be interesting to see if the people continue to back the MVA as they did in the Lok Sabha polls or swing in favour of the Mahayuti in the Assembly polls.

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Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

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Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.

On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.

It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.

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Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

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Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.

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Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

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Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.

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