Maha Vikas Aghadi
Maha Vikas Aghadi | |
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| Abbreviation | MVA |
| President | Uddhav Thackeray (CM of Maharashtra ) (SS) |
| Chairman | Sharad Pawar (NCP) |
| Secretary | Balasaheb Thorat (INC) |
| Founded | 26 November 2019 |
| Split from | Democratic Front (India) |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions:[1] Liberalism[2] Secularism[3] Social democracy[4] |
| Alliance | UPA |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 23 / 48 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 10 / 19 |
| Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | 170 / 288 |
| Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council | 38 / 78 |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 1 / 31 |
The Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (English: Maharashtra Development Front), abbreviated as MVA, is a state-level political coalition formed after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar of the NCP and Sonia Gandhi of the INC, along with the support from the Samajwadi Party, PWPI, Prahar Janshakti Party and several other political parties including Independent MLAs.[5]
Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.[6][7]
Formation
The alliance was formed by non-NDA political parties in Maharashtra as a result of 2019 Maharashtra political crisis where the Shiv Sena left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for Chief Minister and other important portfolio positions after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut, Ahmed Patel and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in Modi's cabinet, Arvind Sawant, tendered his resignation.[8]
Working
Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees for guidance of the coalition. A co-ordination committee for implementation of common minimum programme and other higher decision making committee that will include party chiefs. The current MVA government includes Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde & Subhash Desai, NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal & Jayant Patil and Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Nitin Raut.[9]
Current alliance members
- note: MPs in the Rajya Sabha And Lok Sabha only include those from Maharashtra seats
| No | Party | Symbol | Flag | MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly (As of 7 June 2021) |
MLCs in Maharashtra Council (As of 7 June 2021) |
MPs in Lok Sabha
(As of 7 June 2021) |
MPs in Rajya Sabha (As of 21 May 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiv Sena | 57 | 16 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Nationalist Congress Party | 53 | 11 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Indian National Congress | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 3 | - | - | - | ||
| 5 | Samajwadi Party | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 6 | Prahar Janshakti Party | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 7 | Swabhimani Paksha | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 8 | Peasants And Workers Party Of India | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| 9 | Independents | 8 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Total | 171/288 | 41/78 | 23/48 | 10/19 | |||
List of Chief Ministers
Following is the list of the Chief Ministers of Maharashtra from Maha Vikas Aghadi.
| No. | Chief Ministers | Portrait | Term in Office | Assembly | Constituency | Other Posts Held | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Tenure | ||||||
| 1 | Uddhav Thackeray |  |
28 November 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 35 days | 14th Assembly | MLC | President of Shiv Sena, Editor-in-chief of Saamana |
Political Parties
| No | Party | Symbol | Flag |
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| 1 | Shiv Sena | 
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| 2 | Nationalist Congress Party | 
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| 3 | Indian National Congress | 
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| 4 | Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 
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| 5 | Samajwadi Party | 
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| 6 | Prahar Janshakti Party | - | - |
| 7 | Swabhimani Paksha | - | 
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| 8 | Peasants And Workers Party Of India | - |
| Region | Total seats | Current Seats of Maha Vikas Aghadi | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiv Sena | Nationalist Congress Party | Indian National Congress | Others | ||
| Western Maharashtra | 70 | 05 | 26 | 12 | 03 |
| Vidarbha | 62 | 04 | 06 | 15 | 03 |
| Marathwada | 46 | 12 | 08 | 07 | 04 |
| Thane+Konkan | 39 | 15 | 05 | 00 | 04 |
| Mumbai | 36 | 14 | 01 | 04 | 01 |
| North Maharashtra | 35 | 07 | 08 | 04 | 03 |
| Total[10] | 288 | 57 | 53 | 43 | 18 |
References
- ^ Purandare, Vaibhav (2014). Bal Thackeray and the rise of Shiv Sena. Roli Books.
- ^ Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Soper, J. Christopher; Fetzer, Joel S. (2018). Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–210. ISBN 978-1-107-18943-0.
- ^ Singh, Mahendra Prasad; Saxena, Rekha (2003). India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase. Orient Blackswan. p. 78. ISBN 978-8-125-02328-9.
- ^ "Sena NCP Congress alliance could be named Maha Vasooli Aghadi". Clipper28.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Udhav Thackeray named as CM candidate of Maha Vikas Aghadi". First Post. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Udhav Thackeray swearing in as CM". Times of India. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Shiv Sena's MP Arvind Sawant resigns from Modi cabinet". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Two panels to guide maha Vikas Aghadi". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.