As the results of the Lok Sabha elections came out, the Congress had a lot to encourage despite the fact that it was on the losing side. This time, the Grand Old Party has given its best performance since 2014, obtaining 99 of the 543 parliamentary seats in the lower room.
Although he failed a century, it could change shortly after an independent candidate of the Maharashtra offered his support for the party. With the support of Vishal Patil, the Congress count in Lok Sabha would reach 100.
Who is it and what’s going on? Let’s take a look.
Who is Vishal Patil?
Vishal Patil is a rebel of the Congress who fought in the district of Sangi Lok Sabha as an independence after being refused a ticket by the party.
He won the siege with a margin of 100,053 votes against his nearest rival, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party Sanjaykaka Patil. Chandrahar Patil du Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) was third with only 60,860 votes.
A rift had emerged in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), including the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), after the party of Uddhav Thackeray has unilaterally appointed his candidate .
Sangi has long been a bastion of the congress. About Indian ExpressThe Grand Old Party had won the headquarters since 1962, only to lose it against the BJP in 2014 when Sanjaykaka Patil, on the Modi wave, beat the Minister of the Union and the chief of the Pratik Patik Congress.
Sanjaykaka had kept the Sangli siege as a deputy in 2019.
After Shiv Sena (UBT) announced his candidate, Vishal Patil met senior Congress leaders, including the leader of the Mallikarjun Kharge party, but the UDDHAV party refused to move.
As he could not obtain a ticket from the congress, Patil decided to challenge Sangi as an independent candidate.
Vishal, who is the grandson of the former chief minister of Maharashtra, Vasantdada Patil, said Indian ExpressThat his family and thackerays had a “narrow” relationship. “Our party leaders did their best to convince Uddhav Thackeray to get me through Sangi. However, things did not work in a way. My family and family Thackeray have very good relationships. Now that I have been elected, I hope all the misunderstandings between us will end, “said the elected deputy.
Vishal Patil extends support to Congress
Patil delivered his letter of support on Thursday to the president of the Kharge congress in Delhi.
He also met the president of the parliamentary party of the congress, Sonia Gandhi, and the leader of the Rahul Gandhi party at their official residence.
He was accompanied by his MP for the mentor Congress Vishwajeet Kadam, who according to Indian Expresshad done his best to obtain a nomination for Patil.
“With the support of Vishal Patil, the strength of Congress will go to Lok Sabha,” said Kadam, said NDTV.
In an article on X, Kharge said: “Welcoming the support of the elected representative of Sangi, Shri Vishal Patil at the Congress Party.”
The people of the Maharashtra have defeated the policy of betrayal, arrogance and division.
It is an appropriate tribute to our inspiring pillars like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar who fought for social justice, equality and freedom.… pic.twitter.com/lon3uyzifk
– Mallikarjun Kharge (@Kharge) June 6, 2024
The senior Congress official, KC Venugopal, mentioned the “deep roots” of the Party in Sangi, adding that with this feeling, Patil had extended “unconditional support” to the great old party.
“It is a truly appropriate decision that takes the heritage of the faithful of the Vasantdada Patil Ji Congress forward,” he wrote on X.
Congress has always had deep roots with wildleness, and it is with this feeling that Sangi Mp Sh. Vishal Patil has extended unconditional support to the Inc!
Vishal Ji put Inc President sh. Mallikarjun @Kharme JI, President of the CPP SMT. Sonia Gandhi Ji and Sh. @Rahulgandhi Ji on … pic.twitter.com/nlbbcxjttm
– KC VENUGOPAL (@KCvenugopalmp) June 6, 2024
When asked if he officially joined the congress, Patil, according to The Hindusreplied: “Once you are elected independent, you extend support, but there are technical difficulties to join. After consulting experts, I will do everything I have to do for the coming road. »»
Also read: Who are the 7 independent deputies of Lok Sabha? Are they with NDA or India Alliance?
Will Congress receive 100 brands?
Yes, it can happen.
With the support of Patil, the strength of the congress could reach 100 in the Lok Sabha, the leaders say.
About Indian ExpressPrithviraj Chavan, leader of the congress, said that Patil will become associate member of the Grand Party.
“He will now have to submit a letter to become the associate deputy of the Congress to the secretariat of Lok Sabha. It is only after the secretariat of Lok Sabha approved it and that the notification of Gazette, it can be called the associate deputy of the congress … The force of the congress in Lok Sabha will then increase up to 100, ” declared Chavan.
There are also speculations according to which Pappu Yadav, who won the siege of Purnea Lok Sabha of Bihar as an independent, could extend his support for Congress. Before the elections, he had merged his political outfit with the Congress in the hope of obtaining a Purnea ticket. However, the siege went to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), ally of the Congress, during the seats sharing talks.
Narendra Modi, who is expected to become the Indian Prime Minister for a third term, attacked the Congress for having omitted to cross the 100 brands even after a decade.
“Even after 10 years, the congress could not receive the figure of 100 seats. If we combine the 2014, 2019 and 2024 elections… The Congress did not even obtain as many seats as the BJP obtained this election. I can clearly see that the people of India Alliance sank slowly earlier … Now they will sink at a faster rate … “, he said on Friday.
The Modi BJP was denied this time the majority of voters and now depends on its partners from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in particular the Telugu party of the AMA (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu and JD (U), To come back from Nitish Kumar (United) or JD (U), to return to feed for a third term.
Meanwhile, for Congress, it remains to be seen if it will affect the brand of 100 in the Lok Sabha and how long it will happen.
With agency entries
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