The Shiv Sena has reached out to the BJP one last time to try and settle their seat sharing tussle. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray spoke to BJP President Amit Shah as Shah cancelled his Mumbai visit. Thackeray told Shah not to set very high goals and also asked him not to stretch the issue any further. Uddhav Thackeray also spoke to BJP's Maharashtra in-charge Om Mathur and asked for an announcement to be made as soon as possible.
The Shiv Sena has demanded 151 seats for itself, leaving 127 for the BJP. Thirteen seats have been offered to the smaller parties. The Sena had proposed this new formula at the talks that were held late on Wednesday night. The smaller parties in the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance had issued an ultimatum of Thursday, 11 am to resolve the seat sharing issue. They were unhappy with the proposal of giving only seven seats to the smaller parties.
The Republican Party of India, the Rashtriya Samaj Party and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghathana have rejected the Sena's offer of seven seats to them and threatened to release their list of candidates. They are demanding 18 seats.
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