Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Wednesday (October 23), speaking at the press conference after meeting with NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar and UBT's Sanjay Raut, said that the MVA partners (Sena UBT, Congress and Sharad Pawar led NCP) will be contesting on 85 seats each and that talks on "270" seats had been finalised.
He also added that the other alliance partners namely Samajwadi Party (SP) and partners of the MVA would get "some seats out of the remaining 18."
#WATCH सीट शेयरिंग पर संयुक्त प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में महाराष्ट्र कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष नाना पटोले ने कहा, "आज शरद पवार के नेतृत्व में MVA की बैठक हुई, एनसीपी(शरद पवार गुट) और शिवसेना(यूबीटी) 85-85 सीटों पर चुनाव लड़ेंगी और शेष 18 सीटों पर। हम समाजवादी पार्टी समेत अपने गठबंधन दलों से… pic.twitter.com/Xk5gEKXT7I
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Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday (October 23) came out with its first list of candidates consisting of 65 names for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Aaditya Thackeray will be contesting from the Worli constituency and Kedar Dighe against Eknath Shinde from Kopri-Panchpakhadi seat. Rajan Vichare has been fielded from Thane seat and Varun Sardesai will be contesting from Bandra East constituency.