MVA seals poll pact in Maharashtra: Sena (UBT) gets 21 LS seats, Congress 17, NCP (SP) 10
New Indian ExpressMUMBAI: Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is set to fight on 21 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in upcoming elections, with Congress fighting on 17 and the Nationalist Congress Party getting the remaining 10. Besides Mumbai North, some of the main seats fought by the Congress Party are Nandurbar, Dhule, Akola, Amaravati, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Nanded, Jalna, Mumbai North Central, Pune, Latur, Solapur and Kolhapur. Shiv Sena will fight on seats such as Jalgaon, Parbhani, Nashik, Palghar, Kalyan, Thane, Raigarh, Maval, Ratnagiri, Sambhaji Nagar, Shirdi, Sangli, Hingoli and Yavatmal-Washim. Seat sharing talks among the three allies were thrown into disarray when Shiv Sena announced candidates to 21 out of the 48 seats, including seats such as Sangli, Mumbai South Central and Mumbai North West, which were also eyed by the Congress.