Congress-Vanchit Alliance Faces 16-Seat Setback in BMC Polls Before Voting

• Congress-Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi alliance for BMC elections faces a major setback on 16 seats.
• Vanchit failed to field candidates on 16 of the 62 seats allotted by Congress, leading to no official nominations.
• Out of 62 seats given to Vanchit, 21 were returned to Congress; Congress could only field candidates on 5 of these.
• Internal dissatisfaction within Mumbai Congress grew due to the large allocation of seats to Vanchit and the subsequent failure to field candidates.
• Vanchit claims seats were returned due to dissatisfaction and lack of suitable candidates, while Congress expresses extreme dissatisfaction.

Why It Matters: Congress-Vanchit alliance suffers pre-election blow as Vanchit fails to contest 16 allotted BMC seats.