Key Points
BJP leadership on Wednesday held core group meetings to decide on seat sharing and alliance for Odisha, Haryana, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, a day before the second central election committee meeting...
JDS, however, is keen on contesting in Chamarajanagar too..
Discussions in Maharashtra did not make much progress with BJP offering few seats to allies Shiv Sena and NCP..
ET has learnt that while Shinde initially sought 18 seats and Pawar 10, Shah offered less than 10 seats each...
Shah reportedly told Shinde and Pawar that the seat-sharing formula cannot be based on seats won last time but on winnability..
