There is a lot of pressure in the Shiv Sena to choose its new alliance partner. In fact, when Sanjay Raut came out of jail, the same evening, one of the biggest industrialists associated with BJP reached Matoshree. It is said that the industrialist had come to Uddhav with a clear message from the BJP that ‘Shiv Sena should break its alliance with the Congress, as it is not a natural alliance. Word is that it is after this meet that Uddhav has fastened his ties with Prakash Ambedkar’s ‘Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’. At the same time, coordination between NCP and Congress has also been confirmed. Shiv Sena has made it clear in front of the Congress that in the 2024 general elections, even if the alliance of Mahaghadi Vikas remains intact, then Shiv Sena will field its candidates on maximum 26 seats and it will leave 16 seats for NCP. The Congress will have to be satisfied with these seats.” The BJP is confident that Uddhav will contest the 2024 elections in coalition with the saffron party. Regarding Eknath Shinde, BJP believes that even though he has brought away MLAs and MPs from Uddhav’s Shiv Sena, but the workers have remained in Uddhav’s Shiv Sena, perhaps that is why BJP desperately needs Uddhav.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the new fledgling national president of the Congress, knows that Rahul Gandhi has some extra enthusiasm in his mind about Bihar. So, he is looking forward to infuse a new life into the Bihar Congress. This Friday, he virtually addressed a workshop organized at Sadakat Ashram, the state headquarters of Bihar Congress in Patna. This workshop was organized for the ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign of the Congress, in which 500 delegates of the Bihar Congress were to participate, where around five hundred chairs were also set up. But it is said that hardly 150-200 delegates gathered in this workshop and later all the unoccupied chairs were removed in a hurry. After this there was again a ruckus in Bihar Congress that the names of fake delegates should be removed from the list. Soon after, Kharge summoned Bihar Congress President Akhilesh Singh to Delhi. In this program, a leader of Bihar Congress, Anil Sharma created a storm by saying that Congress should not run ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign but ‘Dil Jodo’ campaign should be run. When Sharma was saying this, the program was being broadcast live.

Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao wants to become the new head of the united opposition, but he also wants the Congress to find a place on the platform of his opposition unit. So, he is trying his best that Congress does not have an alliance with JDS in Karnataka assembly elections. More or less, this is also the feeling of Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar and about this Rao had two-three rounds of talks with DK. Sources reveal that Rao has also got an opinion poll done for JDS in Mysore region with his own money. This survey shows that JDS is getting maximum number of seats in Mysore region. Congress is here at number two and BJP at number three. Mallikarjun Kharge is in constant touch with Deve Gowda and he had also invited Deve Gowda to visit Jammu and Kashmir on January 30, where he is concluding the first phase of his Rahul Bharat Jodo Yatra. But Deve Gowda, expressing his inability to come there, has definitely sent his best wishes to Rahul. Interestingly, BJP is in constant touch with Deve Gowda’s son Kumaraswamy and is persuading him to join hands with it. Kumaraswamy is also among those who likes BJP more than Congress.

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