Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday announced that Shiv Sena UBT, NCP SP and Congress will contest 85 seats each in Maharashtra assembly polls as three parties have reached consensus on 270 constituencies. Talking to reporters, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said, “We’ve decided that Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest on 85 seats each and on remaining 18 seats, we will have talks with our alliance parties including Samajwadi Party and by tomorrow they will be cleared. We are contesting the elections as Maha Vikas Aghadi and we will form the government.”
#WATCH | Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole says, “We’ve decided that Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest on 85 seats each and on remaining 18 seats, we will have talks with our alliance parties including Samajwadi Party and by… pic.twitter.com/tegTusAi6L
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More details awaited.