According to the formula, the BJP will contest 11 seats, the Shinde-led Sena will contest 4 seats, and the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP will contest 2 seats.
Sources said that the BJP stand, which was discussed at a meeting of the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Tuesday evening, has not gone down well with her partymen.
There is a strong possibility that traditional seats will be swapped in some constituencies to resolve the seat distribution rift within the BJP-led ruling Mahayuti alliance partners.
The development comes after the sidelining of senior leaders of the party like Sumil Tatkare and Praful Patel met Sharad Pawar a few days ago after they were sidelined within the party by Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar.
A secret informal meeting held recently by Sharad Pawar-led NCP leaders with other political figures at a Pune hotel revived the possibility of a merger between the two NCP factions: the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP. This followed the leak of a photograph from the meeting to social media on Thursday.
Founder president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai, where he underwent medical tests as a precautionary measure.
Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLA Amol Mitkari on Friday said that it must be investigated whether arrested godman “Captain” Ashok Kharat or his associates allegedly performed black magic or Aghori rituals targeting late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill-2026 was passed after a heated debate on late Monday night in the state Legislative Assembly.
Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA met Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi in Delhi on Wednesday and questioned why the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena was prevented from raising Ajit Pawar's air crash in the Lok Sabha.
Posting pictures, along with a statement, about his meeting on his official X account, Rohit Pawar stated that besides Sonia Gandhi, he met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. “Kharge told Sonia Gandhi about the detailed discussion held at the meeting and mentioned that it is a very serious matter”.
