Rajya Sabha polls: No deadlock in MVA talks; lone seat should go to Sena UBT, says Aaditya Thackeray

Aaditya Thackeray asserts no deadlock in MVA talks, claiming Shiv Sena UBT deserves the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Maharashtra.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday (March 2, 2026) denied any deadlock in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) talks for the Rajya Sabha polls, asserting that the lone winnable seat should go to his party owing to its numerical strength.

The Rajya Sabha polls for the seven seats in Maharashtra will be held on March 16, 2026 and votes will be counted on the same day.

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Mr. Thackeray, in a post on X, said, "There is no deadlock in talks for the Rajya Sabha; all parties are in communication with each other. We have put forward our claim on the upcoming Rajya Sabha seat, as numerically and in terms of the rotation policy fixed for the MVA, the seat should be contested by the @ShivSenaUBT."

Senior party leader Sanjay Raut said discussions within the MVA are on for the lone Rajya Sabha seat ahead of the March 16 polls, but as the single largest Opposition party, the stand of the Shiv Sena UBT will be crucial to the decision.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Raut said that several leaders, including former MPs Rajan Vichare and Vinayak Raut, have met party chief Uddhav Thackeray to express their desire to contest the Rajya Sabha polls. Rajan Vichare and Vinayak Raut lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election.