"If Prakash Ambedkar Reconciles...": Congress Leader's Seat Offer
NDTV
Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) was in touch with Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA - an alliance comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) for the Lok Sabha polls but the talks failed.
Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan held out an olive branch to his party's 'almost ally' Prakash Ambedkar today amid differences over the seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha elections. Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) was in touch with Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA - an alliance comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Shiv Sena (UBT) for the Lok Sabha polls but the talks failed.
Yesterday, the Congress announced the name of a candidate from Akola even as the MVA had earlier given the VBA a proposal for five seats, including Akola, Ramtek, Dhule and a seat in Mumbai. The Congress announced its candidate after the VBA separately declared names for some Lok Sabha seats, hinting at a rift.
Mr Chavan, however, said that the Congress "will withdraw the Congress candidate from Akola if there is an alliance with the VBA". Prakash Ambedkar has announced that he would contest from the Akola seat.
