The meeting between cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray on Thursday is seen as an attempt by Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to resolve seat-sharing issues that had arisen during their very first meeting. Last week, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS chiefs met to initiate talks between the two parties. However, according to leaders from both camps, they had a disagreement over the ground that one needs to consider before commencing the division of seats.

If party leaders are to be believed, Sena (UBT) insisted that the 2017 numbers should be used as the base for beginning the talks. But the MNS was of a different view and wanted to start afresh, without digging too much into the parameters of the past results. Though there was no official communication from both parties about the meeting, many see Uddhav Thackeray’s visit to Raj at the latter`s residence in Shivaji Park, Dadar, on Thursday as an attempt to end the deadlock.