Nana Patole says, Congress wants all like-minded outfits to join hands to defeat BJP

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said his party wanted all like-minded outfits to join hands to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Congress’ core committee , Patole said the aim is to avoid division of opposition votes.

The meeting of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena (UBT) will be held soon. Merit will be the criteria for seat adjustments, he said.

Congress wants all non-BJP parties to join hands. We discussed how we can take this forward. Farmers’ distress, unemployment, price rise and welfare of the poor will be the core of the common minimum programme, Patole added.

Slamming the Eknath Shinde government, he said Maharashtra’s law and order situation had deteriorated and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, must quit. BJP cannot erase Nehru’s contribution to the country’s progress just by removing his name, he added.