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Two days after the Lok Sabha Election results were announced, Independent Lok Sabha MP from Maharashtra’s Sangli constituency, Vishal Patil on Thursday met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi and extended his support to the grand old party. The support from Patil provided a significant boost to the Congress, which won 99 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. With this, the grand old party has now crossed the 100 mark in the Lok Sabha. 

Patil, grandson of former Maharashtra chief minister Vasantdada Patil, secured victory in the Lok Sabha Election from the Sangli constituency. He contested as an independent after the seat went to Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance partner Shiv Sena (UBT) under the seat-sharing arrangement of the INDIA bloc for the Lok Sabha elections. 

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray refused to leave the seat for Congress. Patil won the seat as an independent, defeating his nearest Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) competitor, Sanjay (Kaka) Patil, by 1,00,053 votes. Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Chandrahar Patil received 60,860 votes. 

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Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge wrote, “People of Maharashtra defeated the politics of treachery, arrogance and division. It is a fitting tribute to our inspiring stalwarts like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar who fought for social justice, equality and freedom. Welcoming the support of the elected MP from Sangli, Shri Vishal Patil ( @patilvishalvp ) to the Congress party. Long live the Constitution!"

In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, the Congress managed to get only 52 seats. In Maharashtra, the grand old party and its allies won 30 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats. On the other hand, the BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance could manage to bag only 17 seats.