New Delhi, March 31 -- 'For the bigger picture Congress finds it important to accommodate and give space to other parties, and for that bigger picture it has stepped back a bit.'

The Congress rank and file in Maharashtra is seen to be unhappy over the grand old party's approach towards the negotiations with Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena UBT, over the seat sharing deal.

Subsequently, the lesser number of seats for Congress than Shiv Sena UBT in the alliance has also lowered the morale of the Congress leaders. Furthermore, the worry Maharashtra leaders have is the Congress's state leadership has shown incapacity and lack of intent to build the organisational momentum and enrich the...