(*22*)Congress has referred to as a gathering of high leaders of its Maharashtra unit in the nationwide capital on Friday (December 29) the place it can talk about the distribution of seats among the Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising NCP and Shiv Sena (UBT) in the state. According to sources, Congress is likely to demand 22 seats in the grand alliance out of the 48 seats in the Lok Sabha polls subsequent yr.
Prominent leaders of the social gathering together with Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan, Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar flew to Delhi to attend the assembly.
The assembly will even be attended by Mukul Wasnik, who’s the convenor of the National Alliance Committee, Ashok Gehlot, who can be a component of the committee, Congress’s Maharashtra in-charge Chennithala.
Notably, Shiv Sena (UBT) had demanded to avail 23 seats in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut mentioned that his social gathering will contest 23 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam mentioned that Shiv Sena UBT’s demand is “a lot”.
“Seat sharing is a complicated subject; a decision regarding that can’t be taken so easily. If all parties in the INDIA block need to fight together and defeat the BJP, then we need to stop infighting. From the newspaper, I got to know that Shiv Sena has demanded 23 seats, which is a lot,” Sanjay Nirupam mentioned.