Mumbai: With the announcement of assembly elections, the politics of Maharashtra continues to boil. The two biggest alliances of the state, Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi, have not yet reached a consensus on all the seats. However, on this front, Mahayuti still seems to be in a better position than Maha Vikas Aghadi. On Tuesday, in the middle of the meeting on seat sharing, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut came out and left in his car while the leaders of Congress and NCP (SP) continued the meeting.

'Everything is going well in MVA'

When Sanjay Raut was questioned about ticket distribution in MVA, he said that everything was going well in the alliance. Raut said, 'Everything is fine in MVA. We will hold a press conference tomorrow.' Along with Raut, Shiv Sena UBT's Lok Sabha MP Anil Desai also came out of the meeting. At the same time, reacting to the news of Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray contesting from the Mahim assembly seat, Raut said that in a democracy everyone has the right to contest elections. Let us tell you that in Maharashtra, some upheaval is being seen among the constituent parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi regarding ticket distribution.

What happened in the MVA meeting?

According to sources, the deadlock over seats continued in the MVA meeting even today. Many leaders including Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Sanjay Raut, Jayant Patil, Vijay Wadettiwar, Varsha Gaikwad, Anil Desai, Jayant Patil, Jitendra Awhad were present in the meeting which started at around 6 pm. It is being told that there is still a deadlock over more than a dozen seats in MVA and efforts are being made to resolve it. If sources are to be believed, when Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat met Uddhav Thackeray today, Uddhav told him to resolve all the matters today itself or else we will release our list tomorrow.

Questions arose after Raut left.

Sanjay Raut and Anil Desai's walking out of the meeting at 10 pm has raised many questions. Why did the two leaders of the Uddhav faction leave such an important meeting midway? Was there a heated debate between the Congress and Uddhav faction again today? Despite all the claims, the deadlock over seat sharing in MVA still persists and nothing has been made clear. Now questions are being raised about whether Uddhav will also release the list of his candidates like the SP and the Shetkari Kamgar Party.

On which seats is the problem stuck?

If sources are to be believed, there is a deadlock over seats in North Maharashtra, Vidarbha, and Mumbai. According to sources, talks are stuck on South Nagpur, Ramtek, Warora, Chandrapur, Kamathi, Bhandara, Amravati, and Dariyapur in Vidarbha, Ghatkopar West, Bhaykala, Versova, Kurla, Bandra East in Mumbai and Parola-Aerodole and Nashik West seats in North Maharashtra. Now all eyes are on the press conference to be held on Wednesday to see if the matter is resolved among the constituent parties of MVA or not.

Crowds are gathering in MVA offices.

Let us tell you that with the process of filing nomination papers for the assembly elections starting on Tuesday, the delay in finalizing the seat-sharing agreement between the allies of the MVA has caused concern among the smaller constituents. Small parties including Samajwadi Party, Aam Aadmi Party, Left parties, and Peasant and Workers Party are getting restless within the opposition camp as discussions on seat sharing continue. Samajwadi Party and Peasant and Workers Party have even announced the names of candidates on some seats as the nomination process has started, the last date of which is October 29.

Why are small parties worried?

Smaller parties are worried that the continuous delay in seat allocation may affect their performance in the elections. In the last Lok Sabha elections, MVA had won 31 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, so smaller parties are keen to contest under the banner of the 'INDIA' alliance. In the Lok Sabha elections, NDA had won only 17 seats. While MVA's major constituents Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP) participated in the Lok Sabha elections, smaller parties played an important role by supporting the opposition alliance's campaign without contesting the general elections.