Congress-Uddhav Thackeray Rift Expands Over Seats In Maharashtra's Vidarbha
NDTV
The Shiv Sena (UBT) wants 17 seats from Congress, which is apparently reluctant to hand over any.
The rift between the Congress and ally Uddhav Thackeray's faction of Shiv Sena has widened over the seats in Vidarbha. Altogether, the Sena (UBT) wants 17 seats from the Congress, which is apparently reluctant to hand over any. In Vidarbha, the Congress is confident of victory in all seats.
The two parties were already engaged in a tussle over seats in Mumbai and Nashik and following the war of words with state Congress chief Nana Patole, the Uddhav Thackeray faction has been scrambling for a solution.
Vidarbha has 62 assembly seats, covered under the 10 Lok Sabha seats. It represents 22 per cent of the seats in the 288-member assembly and could prove crucial in terms of gaining a majority.
