MVA finalises seat-sharing for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls; Congress to contest 8 seats

Mumbai: Moving ahead on the vexed issue of seat sharing for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections from local authorities, the Maha Vikas Aghadi reached a consensus on 15 of the 17 seats. 

The Congress will contest eight seats, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) six and Sharad Pawar-headed NCP (SP) three. 

The opposition coalition could not decide on the Nashik and Nanded seats. 

The Congress will contest Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Amravati, Ahilyanagar, Solapur, Dharashiv and Nagpur, where a byelection is being held.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest Raigad, Jalgaon, Parbhani-Hingoli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

The  NCP (SP) will contest Pune, Thane and Sangli-Satara.

The decision was taken at a meeting involving state Congress president  Harshvardhan Sapkal , NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule , Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders MP Anil Desai and MLCs  Ambadas Danve, Milind Narvekar , NCP (SP) state general secretary Aditi Nalawade , former MLA Milind Anna Kamble.