Once a robust opposition occasion within the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Congress has change into a shadow of itself and received simply 31 seats in 2017.
“There is an actual chance we might get into single digit as a result of the combat is primarily between the Shiv Sena(Uddhav) and the BJP. The vote would go to the occasion that individuals really feel is greatest positioned to tackle the BJP,” mentioned a Congress chief. He added {that a} part of the occasion management had briefed senior Congress leaders in Delhi.
A piece within the Congress leaders consider the occasion’s conventional Muslim votes could now go to Uddhav. “Uddhav will get a number of Muslim votes and with elevated polarisation as a result of BJP, the All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen can even make inroads. If we contest alone, we’d find yourself as the largest loser,” mentioned one other Congress chief.
According to a Congress chief, the occasion’s brass has been informed the occasion ought to accept 80 to 85 seats if there’s a take care of the Uddhav faction.
Another part of Congress leaders, howver, nonetheless believes an alliance might result in a state of affairs like in Uttar Pradesh and Telangana, the place the occasion is enjoying a minor position to regional events.
