Sanjay Raut and Nana Patole met ahead of the assembly elections, in Mumbai
Reportedly the maha Vikas Aghadi comprising Congress, ncp (SP) and shiv sena (UBT), on wednesday announced to contest 85 seats each in the maharashtra assembly elections even as deliberations to seal a final seat-sharing pact are still underway.While addressing a press conference, shiv sena (UBT) mp Sanjay Raut said consensus has been reached on 270 out of total 288 seats for the november 20 election. “We will include Samajwadi party, PWP, CPI(M), cpi and AAP. Discussions are still on for the remaining seats. We have amicably arrived at a consensus on 270 seats. The MVA stands united to defeat the Mahayuti government,” he said. maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the rest of the seats will be left for smaller parties.Furthermore the shiv sena faction released a list of 65 candidates. It has renominated most of its MLAs who stayed with party chief and former maharashtra chief minister uddhav thackeray after the split in 2022. yuva Sena leader and Thackeray’s cousin varun Sardesai will contest from Mumbai’s Bandra (East). In Thane’s Kopri-Panchpakhadi seat, where chief minister Eknath Shinde is in the fray, the party fielded Kedar Dighe. He is the nephew of late Sena leader Anand Dighe, who is considered to be Shinde’s political mentor.