Congress lying alone in Maharashtra

New Delhi: It seems that the Congress party has fallen alone in Maharashtra. In the Rajya Sabha elections, its candidate Imran Pratapgarhi won, but the second Congress candidate could not win in the Legislative Council elections. The first candidate and Mumbai Regional Congress President Bhai Jagtap also won in the second round of counting. Even in his victory, less of the party and his own influence came in handy. Congress has 44 MLAs but got only 41 votes. This means that three MLAs did cross voting. The question is, where did these three MLAs go? Did they vote for BJP or go for NCP in alliance? Keep in mind that voting in the Legislative Council elections was done by secret ballot. However, informed sources say that the leaders of both Shiv Sena and NCP are angry with the aggressive politics of party’s state president Nana Patole and Mumbai regional Congress president Bhai Jagtap. Sharad Pawar’s party is more angry because it feels that the Congress is getting OBC votes through Nana Patole. Till now, Chhagan Bhujbal of NCP was considered to be the biggest OBC leader in the alliance. But now it is not so. Second, all the old Congress leaders are either marginalized or deliberately kept silent. Even the old system of communication was not working. The old and traditional leaders of the Congress have been sidelined.