Eknath Shinde-led ruling saffron alliance will not even cross 100 seat mark in the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, U.B. Venkatesh, AICC secretary-in-charge of Mumbai Congress, said on Thursday.
He was speaking on the occasion of former police commissioner Sanjay Pande joining the Congress party. Venkatesh said that like how the BJP’s slogan of "more than 400 seats" failed during Lok Sabha elections, the saffron alliance will fail in Maharashtra and will not be able to reach 100 seats mark when assembly elections results are declared.
Venkatesh also expressed confidence that the MVA will cross 200 mark and the Congress will emerge as the single largest party.
Pande said that he was not joining a party but a secular family. "I have been wanting to join Congress for a long time. I was planning to join in 2004 but some things didn't work out that time. Congress is like a family to me," he said.
Pande told THE WEEK that he will be contesting assembly elections from Mumbai. "I have made up my mind. I don't want to remain a Barati," said Pande.