Shiv Sena 'agrees to give 130 seats to BJP'
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena has agreed to give 130 seats to the BJP, bringing an end to the deadlock over seat-sharing for the Maharashtra assembly elections, according to Times Now.
The leaders of the two parties met on Tuesday to sort out differences over seat sharing and arrive at a consensus to save the alliance.
However, it is still not clear if the Sena will cut its share of seats or the smaller parties of the coalition will have to make the sacrifice.
The two parties will now discuss the new proposal with other allies in the coalition.
Earlier, Sena group leader in assembly Subhash Desai, party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut arrived at the BJP office — Vasant Smriti Bhavan — in Dadar in central Mumbai around noon and met top BJP leaders on the alliance issue.
BJP's Maharashtra poll in charge Om Mathur and state party president Devendra Fadnavis were among those present at the meeting.
Fadnavis has convened a meeting of state BJP unit functionaries, district unit presidents, legislators and MPs here today to discuss the political situation ahead of the Assembly polls.
Leader of opposition in assembly Eknath Khadse and leader of opposition in council Vinod Tawde also participatied in the meeting.
BJP has already rejected the formula put forth by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray of his party contesting 151, BJP-119 and allies 18 seats for the elections to the 288-member state Assembly.
BJP yesterday made a counter offer seeking 130, a climbdown from earlier 135, but said it would contest all 288 seats if "compelled" to part ways from its oldest ally in the NDA.
Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah had issued categorical instructions to the party's Maharashtra leaders not to accept anything less than 130 assembly seats from Shiv Sena.
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The leaders of the two parties met on Tuesday to sort out differences over seat sharing and arrive at a consensus to save the alliance.
However, it is still not clear if the Sena will cut its share of seats or the smaller parties of the coalition will have to make the sacrifice.
The two parties will now discuss the new proposal with other allies in the coalition.
Earlier, Sena group leader in assembly Subhash Desai, party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut arrived at the BJP office — Vasant Smriti Bhavan — in Dadar in central Mumbai around noon and met top BJP leaders on the alliance issue.
BJP's Maharashtra poll in charge Om Mathur and state party president Devendra Fadnavis were among those present at the meeting.
Fadnavis has convened a meeting of state BJP unit functionaries, district unit presidents, legislators and MPs here today to discuss the political situation ahead of the Assembly polls.
Leader of opposition in assembly Eknath Khadse and leader of opposition in council Vinod Tawde also participatied in the meeting.
BJP has already rejected the formula put forth by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray of his party contesting 151, BJP-119 and allies 18 seats for the elections to the 288-member state Assembly.
BJP yesterday made a counter offer seeking 130, a climbdown from earlier 135, but said it would contest all 288 seats if "compelled" to part ways from its oldest ally in the NDA.
Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah had issued categorical instructions to the party's Maharashtra leaders not to accept anything less than 130 assembly seats from Shiv Sena.
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