BJP has offered 106 seats to Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
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BJP has offered 106 seats to Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
The BJP has offered 106 seats to its key alliance partner Shiv Sena for the Maharashtra Assembly elections that will be held in next month, a source said on Thursday.
A BJP source said that seat-sharing talks between the two parties are likely to conclude in a day or two. "We have offered the Sena 106 seats. But the Sena may agree to 120 (and no less)," the source said.
The Maharashtra Assembly has a total of 288 seats. Last time the two parties had fought the elections separately.
The Jan Surajya Shakti Party, another ally, has agreed to contest four seats, he said.
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The party, which has a presence in western Maharashtra had demanded nine seats to start with, but its leader Vinay Kore agreed to four seats during the talks on Wednesday, the source said.
Discussions are still on with the remaining allies, namely, Republican Party of India led by Union minister Ramdas Athawale, Shiv Sangram and Rashtriya Samaj Party, sources said.
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The three parties had rejected the BJP's proposal that their candidates contest with the BJP symbol.
In 2014, when they contested the state polls separately (and joined hands later), the BJP had won 122 seats and the Shiv Sena 63.
SOURCE: INDIA TODAY