Why Eknath Shinde is insisting on Mumbai Mayor’s post despite fewer BMC seats
It is not just a battle of egos but a struggle for political survival, say observers.
It is not just a battle of egos but a struggle for political survival, say observers.
The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is said to have demanded around 125 seats from the BJP.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP and the Shiv Sena had contested separately over a dispute over sharing of seats. The BJP won maximum 122 out of 260 seats it had contested while the Sena bagged 63 out of 282 seats.
The BJP will contest 25 seats and Shiv Sena 23 of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.
Till 2014, the BJP and Sena used to have an understanding under which the former would contest a larger share of Lok Sabha seats and the latter would get a greater number of Maharashtra Assembly seats to fight.
