Fadnavis in Delhi, seat sharing talks in final stage

Strong hints of alliance

After having detailed talks with his colleagues in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena on seat sharing, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is visiting New Delhi on Thursday to get the nod of party highcommand for seat sharing formula. Putting an end to the speculations about the alliance of BJP and Sena, both Fadnavis and Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray shared the dias on Wednesday in Navi Mumbai.

CM Fadnavis is expected to visit New Delhi on Thursday and will meet party president Amit Shah. Earlier, Shah was scheduled to visit Mumbai on September 26. But the delay in finalisation of seat sharing formula forced him to cancel this visit. He was in Mumbai on September 22. But even then the seat sharing formula was not finalised. It was being said that the seat sharing will be announced in his presence. But this did not happen.

Fadnavis had one-to-one talks with key leaders in his party. He sent his emissary Nitin Gunde to Uddhav Thackeray to sort out the differences on seat sharing. Gunde has played a key role in sealing the seat sharing deal in 2019 Lok Sabha election. There are around 10 seats which are delaying finalisation of the alliance.

Both Fadnavis and Uddhav on Wednesday gave strong signals of alliance. Both of them attended Mathadi worker programme in Navi Mumbai and stressed that “Mahayuti (alliance of BJP-Sena)” government will return. Both leaders were talking with each other in a friendly manner.