Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 09, 2024, 07:30 PM
Maharashtra Assembly Election: Congress has put in all its efforts to end the drought of power in Maharashtra. Along with playing on the front foot, the old grand party has also started preparing a strong strategy behind the scenes. Congress has entrusted the responsibility of writing the script of victory to four leaders behind the scenes. Three of these leaders have already played an important role behind the scenes in the victory of Congress. Elections are proposed for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra later this year. Congress will contest the elections along with Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad) under the banner of India Alliance, where it will compete with the ruling NDA alliance.4 leaders will write the script of victoryMadhusudan Mistry will select the candidatesGujarat veteran leader and Rahul Gandhi's close aide Madhusudan Mistry has been made the chairman of the screening committee in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Saptagiri Shankar Ulka, Mansoor Ali Khan and Shrivella Prasad have been appointed as members of the screening committee.The job of the screening committee in Congress is to prepare a panel of candidates seat wise. The Congress Election Committee gives the symbol to one of the names in this panel. Madhusudan Mistry was also the head of the Maharashtra Screening Committee in the Lok Sabha elections.The selection of candidates in the Lok Sabha elections was so impressive that the Congress won 14 out of 17 seats. Mistry has previously been the chairman of the screening committee in many states including Madhya Pradesh. He is considered close to the Gandhi family. Mistry was also given the responsibility of conducting the Congress President election in 2022.Shashikant Senthil has the responsibility of the war roomFor election management, the Congress party sets up war rooms in the respective states. Through the war room, the Congress monitors the campaign and voting process in every seat. Election related complaints are also settled in the war room.In Maharashtra, the Congress has given the responsibility of the war room to Shashikant Senthil. Senthil has been made the war room in-charge of the Congress in Maharashtra. Senthil had performed this responsibility in the Karnataka assembly elections and has also been in-charge of the war room in the Lok Sabha elections.Senthil, who quit his IAS job and joined politics, is currently a Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu's Trivallur seat. Senthil was initially made the vice-president of Tamil Nadu Congress, but then the party started giving him the responsibility of the war room in the election states.Former CM Prithviraj Chavan will write the manifestoIn Maharashtra, the Congress has given the responsibility of preparing the manifesto to the former Chief Minister of the state, Prithviraj Chavan. Congress President Nana Patole has announced this. Manifesto plays a big role in the victory or defeat of any election, because the public votes on the issue of the manifesto. Recently, Congress has won in many states due to its manifesto.Prithviraj Chavan is known as a leader working behind the scenes in the Congress. Before becoming the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Chavan was a state level minister in the Prime Minister's Office. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, he was made the chairman of the campaign committee.Ramesh Chennithala is responsible for coordinationIn Maharashtra, the Congress party will contest the elections along with Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad). Ramesh Chennithala has been given the responsibility of coordination between the three parties by the Congress. Chennithala is also the in-charge of Maharashtra Congress.Ramesh Chennithala, who hails from Kerala, is considered the leader of the organization. He has also been the president of Kerala Congress. Apart from this, Chennithala has also been the leader of the opposition and a minister in the Kerala government.Congress had performed well in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Congress and India alliance defeated NDA in the state. Ramesh Chennithala was also the in-charge of Maharashtra at that time.