MVA's talks on seat-sharing on, there are no disputes: Anil Deshmukh on LS polls

Senior leaders of the oppositions Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA in Maharashtra are discussing seatsharing for the Lok Sabha elections and there are no disputes among the alliances constituents NCP SP leader Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe final decision will be announced soon said the former state minister talking to reporters in PuneThe leaders of the constituents of MVA Congress Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar are holding discussions and there is no dispute among us Soon Pawar Thackeray and leaders from Congress will announce the decision he said reported PTIThe alliance wanted to take Prakash Ambedkars Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi along Deshmukh said reported PTIIt is our proposal and insistence that they come with the MVA and I am sure that Ambedkar will join us he said reported PTIMeanwhile the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising Congress Shiv Sena UBT and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar held a meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday to discuss seatsharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with the three allies inviting Prakash Ambedkarled Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi VBA for talks reported PTIThe meeting which was held at a private hotel in Bandra Kurla Complex BKC area of the city lasted about three hours However what transpired at the meeting could not be known immediatelyMaharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats the secondhighest in the country after Uttar Pradeshs 80The MVA constituents Congress Shiv Sena UBT headed by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar led by Sharad Pawar have been holding hectic parleys since the last several days to reach a consensus on seatsharing reported PTIAhead of the MVA meeting in Mumbai senior Congress leader and former minister Balasaheb Thorat separately met Ambedkar to hold talks Talking to reporters Thorat himself admitted itAmbedkar has already announced his candidates for Sangli and Wardha Lok Sabha constituencies which the Congress generally contestsIn the 2019 Lok Sabha polls the undivided Shiv Sena had won 18 seats and it is firm on getting to contest the same number of seats Its leader Sanjay Raut has already hinted at his partys willingness to exchange some seats but the party is unlikely to bring down the number of constituencies from where it wants to fight reported PTIRaut and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar leader and MLA Jitendra Awhad have publicly appealed to Ambedkar not to take any step that would benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPIn the 2019 general elections Ambedkar had fielded a candidate against Congress leader and former chief minister Ashok Chavan The VBA candidate got more than 160 lakh votes and Chavan lost the election against the BJP by a margin of nearly 40000 votes the analysts pointed out reported PTIThe ruling BJP has set the target of winning more than 45 Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra along with its alliesWith inputs from PTI