Key Points
The Congress has rejected Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's demand for 23 seats in Maharashtra for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, India Today reported on Thursday..
The Shiv Sena (UBT) is part of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), formed after Uddhav broke the decades-long alliance with the BJP and formed the government with Congress, and the NCP in 2020..
However, in June 2022, Eknath Shinde, the second-most powerful leader in the party, split Sena, taking away most of the MLAs and MPs.. Recently, the leaders from the three parties - Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP - met to discuss the seat-sharing for the upcoming parliamentary elections...
The Congress representatives at the meeting made it clear that the grand old party appeared to be the only one with a stable vote share in the state, following splits in the Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP...
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the undivided Shiv Sena and BJP contested together and swept the state by bagging 41 of 48 seats..
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