Friday (October 4): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray today came out in public with their seat-sharing plan for the upcoming state assembly polls.
As per the seat-sharing deal, Shiv Sena would field its candidates on 124 seats, while the BJP and its allies would be contesting on 164 assembly seats.
Out of the 164 seats of the BJP, the party will share its 14 seats will the smaller allies including the Republican Party of India-A, the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, the Shiv Sangram Party, and the Rayat Kranti Sanghatana.
On Aaditya’s candidature, BJP senior leader and Maharashtra CM Fadnavis said, “I am confident the Aditya Thackeray will win by a very huge margin in the elections and we will see him with us in the assembly.”
Aaditya has been projected as Shiv Sena’s chief ministerial candidate if the alliance returns to power in the state.
Uddhav Thackeray, being asked on the party’s stand, said, “The first step in politics doesn’t mean that you have to become the Chief Minister of this state. He has just entered politics, this is just the beginning.”
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