Maha Vikas Aghadi

The alliance was formed by non-NDA political parties in Maharashtra as a result of 2019 Maharashtra political crisis where the Shiv Sena left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for Chief Minister and other important portfolio positions after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut, Ahmed Patel and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in Modi's cabinet, Arvind Sawant, tendered his resignation.^[7]

Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.^[8][9]

In 2022, during a party meeting, Uddhav Thackeray explained his move to pull out of NDA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP."^[10]

In the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, the governing Maha Yuti won a large majority. The MVA won only 50 seats in the legislative assembly, with none of its constituent parties winning enough seats to nominate a leader of the opposition.^[11]

Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees to guide the coalition: a coordination committee for the implementation of a common minimum programme and a higher decision-making committee that would include the party chiefs.^[12]

• Note: MPs in the Rajya Sabha And Lok Sabha only include those from Maharashtra seats

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Party		Symbol	Flag	MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly	MLCs in Maharashtra Council	MPs in Lok Sabha	MPs in Rajya Sabha
	Indian National Congress			16 / 288	5 / 78	14 / 48	2 / 19
	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)			20 / 288	6 / 78	3 / 48	1 / 19
	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)			10 / 288	2 / 78	8 / 48	1 / 19
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			1 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Communist Party of India			0 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Peasants and Workers Party of India			1 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
Total				48 / 288	13 / 78	25 / 48	4 / 19

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