Seat sharing talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections have hit a roadblock with the latter demanding more than 100 seats. With neither side willing to back down, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde are expected to meet today or tomorrow to resolve the deadlock.

According to a section of Shiv Sena leaders, the demand for over 100 seats is based on the party’s performance and strike rate in earlier elections. They also point out that nearly 50 corporators who had won the 2017 BMC polls on the undivided Shiv Sena ticket have since left Uddhav Thackeray and joined the Shinde camp. “Mumbai is the heart of the Shiv Sena. Keeping all these factors in mind, the party has asked for more than 100 seats,” a Shinde Sena leader said.