Uddhav offers 119 seats to BJP; says, 'no more' concessions

Uddhav offers 119 seats to BJP; says, 'no more' concessions

SHIV Sena on Sunday made it clear that it won't make any more concession for BJP. offering to cede it only 119 out of the total 288 seats in Maharashtra Assembly for the next month's polls, and said this was "the final attempt" to break the logjam over seatsharing. Sena chief Uddhav Tliackeray also reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi thai late Sena supremo Balasaheh Thackeray had backed him in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

"Today I am making a final attempt to ensure that the Mahayuti (grand alliance of Opposition parties) stays intact. Sena had initially asked for 160 seats. But now we are ready to part with nine seals. Shiv Sena will fight on 151 scats, leaving 119 seats for BJP. The remaining 18 seats will be given to our allies," he said.

"I cannot go any further." said Thackeray, who addressed his party workers this morning after a meeting of the party's stale executive.

"Maharashtra will be the number one State in the country if Sena

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