Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Vinayak Raut and Congress election in-charge for Maharashtra polls Ramesh Chenninthala arrived on Saturday at Matoshree to meet Uddhav Thackeray and said that discussion was held on the seat-sharing with Maha Vikas Aghadi where Congress President Nana Patole would also be present.
He also confirmed that another meeting would be held on the filing of the seats.
Speaking to the media, Raut said "Ramesh Chenninthala had come to Matoshree and we had discussions in the presence of Uddhav Thackeray. The discussions which had been paused for two days will resume at 3 p.m. again. We decided that by late night, the discussions will be completed and our seat sharing would be finalized. Samajwadi party was with us and yesterday talks were held between Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav."
Meanwhile, Ramesh Chenninthala said that the health of Uddhav Thackeray and MVA was fine.
"I met Uddhav Thackeray today. He was in the hospital recently so I went to inquire about his health. 'Vo ab theek hai aur Maha Vikas Aghadi ka bhi tabeyat theek hai," Chennithala said while talking to the media.
He further asserted that the MVA has no differences and are together in this."We will have discussions on seat sharing again at 3 pm today.
"Nana Patole, Sanjay Raut, and Jayant Patil will work on seat division today," the Congress leader said.
Notably, Maha Vikas Aghadi is the alliance of Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT (Uddhav Thackeray's faction) and NCP-SP (Sharad Pawar's faction) and are up against ruling Mahayuti -- the alliance of BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction).
Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20 with counting of votes on November 23. With this, the political parties have begun gearing up for an election that will be unprecedented in many ways.
In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress and unified Shiv Sena won 154 out of 288 seats as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition.However, this time around the Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress are in alliance to counter the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.
In the Lok Sabha election held this year, MVA won 30 of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats. The ruling alliance won 17. One seat went to an Independent candidate.