<p>Amidst hectic negotiations between the two ruling saffron allies, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that seat-sharing is complex than Partition that India and Pakistan went through in 1947.</p>.<p>The seat-sharing talks are now being directly handled by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.</p>.<p>"Maharashtra is so big. This division of 288 seats is more terrible than the Partition of India-Pakistan," Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said.</p>.<p>"If we were in the Opposition instead of being in the government, the situation would have been different,” said Raut, the executive editor of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece's <em>Saamana</em>.</p>.<p>"Whenever it (seat-sharing agreement) is decided, we will inform you," he added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, state BJP president and Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said that the discussions were progressing well.</p>.<p>When asked about Raut's statement, Patil said, "He is a good writer so he gives such examples but working out the seat-sharing formula will not be that difficult."</p>.<p>He exuded confidence that the BJP-Sena alliance would cross the tally of 220 in the 288-member Assembly.</p>.<p>On Sunday, BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP would get a working majority on its own and that his party and allies would cross the two-third majority mark.</p>
<p>Amidst hectic negotiations between the two ruling saffron allies, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that seat-sharing is complex than Partition that India and Pakistan went through in 1947.</p>.<p>The seat-sharing talks are now being directly handled by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.</p>.<p>"Maharashtra is so big. This division of 288 seats is more terrible than the Partition of India-Pakistan," Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said.</p>.<p>"If we were in the Opposition instead of being in the government, the situation would have been different,” said Raut, the executive editor of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece's <em>Saamana</em>.</p>.<p>"Whenever it (seat-sharing agreement) is decided, we will inform you," he added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, state BJP president and Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said that the discussions were progressing well.</p>.<p>When asked about Raut's statement, Patil said, "He is a good writer so he gives such examples but working out the seat-sharing formula will not be that difficult."</p>.<p>He exuded confidence that the BJP-Sena alliance would cross the tally of 220 in the 288-member Assembly.</p>.<p>On Sunday, BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP would get a working majority on its own and that his party and allies would cross the two-third majority mark.</p>
