Rajya Sabha polls: Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress can easily win 1 seat each and BJP 2 in Maharashtra, says Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the ruling Shiv Sena NCP and Congress can easily win one seat each in the upcoming polls to six Rajya Sabha seats from the seat while the BJP could bag two seats comfortablyNCP president Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met recently and they may have discussed the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled on June 10 the DyCM told reportersNotably the Shiv Sena has already said it is seeking to get two of its candidates elected to the Upper House of ParliamentThe state Congress on Wednesday said the decision on how many seats will be contested by each of the three ruling parties will be taken after deliberations among the alliance leadersOn Thursday Ajit Pawar said There are six seats If you think of quota the BJP can easily win two seats and it will have some surplus votesThe Shiv Sena can get one seat But it has substantial surplus votes The NCP can easily get bag one seat and has some surplus votes The Congress can win a seat and have onethree votes surplus depending upon quota he addedThe tenure of six Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra Piyush Goyal Vinay Sahastrabuddhe and Vikas Mahatme all three from the BJP P Chidambaram Congress Praful Patel NCP and Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena ends on July 4All four parties are yet to announce their candidatesThe 288member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly constitutes the electoral college Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on June 10 and a candidate needs 42 votes to win a seatThe BJP currently has 106 MLAs in the state Shiv Sena55 NCP53 Congress44 Bahujan Vikas Aghadi3 Samajwadi Party AIMIM and Prahar Janshakti Party2 each MNS CPM Peasants and Workers Party Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Swabhimani Party Jansurajya Shakti and Krantikari Shetkari Party1 each There are 13 Independent legislators while one seat is lying vacantAsked about Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari not yet having approved names of 12 MLCs to be appointed from his quota Ajit Pawar said the former speaks positively whenever they speak on the issueThere is no time frame for him the governor to take a decision as per law and the ConstitutionWhen we ask him about appointing the 12 MLCs whenever we meet at any event he speaks positively and says will do it Ajit ji why are you worrying the NCP leader saidEarlier in the day the deputy chief minister flagged off the journey of Punebased Sharad Krida Sanskrutik Pratishthan which organises bhajan competition for jail inmatesThey set out on a 40day journey today We flagged it from here They will go to 27 jails and meet inmates Ajit Pawar said as he congratulated the organisers and the home department for taking such a stepOnce the inmates are out of jail they should be able to live with respect he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever