<p>NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said the people in Maharashtra are looking for a change and he will ensure that constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contest the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections together.</p>.<p>Pawar was speaking to reporters after the newly-elected Congress MLA from Kasba Peth Assembly constituency in Pune city, Ravindra Dhangekar, visited the NCP chief at his residence here.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mva-plans-to-hold-joint-rallies-across-maharashtra-1197386.html" target="_blank">MVA plans to hold joint rallies across Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>He said Dhangekar was elected by common people in the bypoll in Kasba Peth, a BJP bastion, as he has been working for them for the last several years.</p>.<p>Asked whether a formula for contesting elections jointly would be repeated by the MVA in the upcoming civic elections, Pawar said his colleagues in the NCP were looking into the question.</p>.<p>"However, my efforts will be to ensure that the constituents of MVA remain together, take joint decisions, and face the state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections together," he said.</p>.<p>The former Union minister also said the people in Maharashtra are looking for a change.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/not-involved-in-talks-between-uddhav-and-ambedkar-says-sharad-pawar-1197555.html" target="_blank">Not involved in talks between Uddhav and Ambedkar, says Sharad Pawar</a></strong></p>.<p>"I am roaming in the state and the people are telling me that they want a change. They want us (the Opposition) to come together. These are people's sentiments," he said.</p>.<p>The MVA, formed after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when Uddhav Thackeray fell out with old ally BJP, comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP, and the Congress.</p>.<p>In the Kasba Peth by-election, results for which were declared on March 2, Congress-MVA candidate Ravindra Dhangekar trounced BJP's Hemant Rasne by more than 10,800 votes.</p>.<p>After the poll outcome, Pawar had said the Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in its bastion indicated that winds of change were blowing across the country.</p>.<p>In Maharashtra, the BJP shares power with the Eknath Shinde faction recently recognised as 'Shiv Sena' by the Election Commission.</p>
<p>NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said the people in Maharashtra are looking for a change and he will ensure that constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contest the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections together.</p>.<p>Pawar was speaking to reporters after the newly-elected Congress MLA from Kasba Peth Assembly constituency in Pune city, Ravindra Dhangekar, visited the NCP chief at his residence here.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mva-plans-to-hold-joint-rallies-across-maharashtra-1197386.html" target="_blank">MVA plans to hold joint rallies across Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>He said Dhangekar was elected by common people in the bypoll in Kasba Peth, a BJP bastion, as he has been working for them for the last several years.</p>.<p>Asked whether a formula for contesting elections jointly would be repeated by the MVA in the upcoming civic elections, Pawar said his colleagues in the NCP were looking into the question.</p>.<p>"However, my efforts will be to ensure that the constituents of MVA remain together, take joint decisions, and face the state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections together," he said.</p>.<p>The former Union minister also said the people in Maharashtra are looking for a change.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/not-involved-in-talks-between-uddhav-and-ambedkar-says-sharad-pawar-1197555.html" target="_blank">Not involved in talks between Uddhav and Ambedkar, says Sharad Pawar</a></strong></p>.<p>"I am roaming in the state and the people are telling me that they want a change. They want us (the Opposition) to come together. These are people's sentiments," he said.</p>.<p>The MVA, formed after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when Uddhav Thackeray fell out with old ally BJP, comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP, and the Congress.</p>.<p>In the Kasba Peth by-election, results for which were declared on March 2, Congress-MVA candidate Ravindra Dhangekar trounced BJP's Hemant Rasne by more than 10,800 votes.</p>.<p>After the poll outcome, Pawar had said the Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in its bastion indicated that winds of change were blowing across the country.</p>.<p>In Maharashtra, the BJP shares power with the Eknath Shinde faction recently recognised as 'Shiv Sena' by the Election Commission.</p>