“Mr Pawar and Rahul Gandhi have spoken on phone,” Mr Patil said.
Mumbai:
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have discussed the seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, state NCP chief Jayant Patil said here on Thursday.
Earlier, Congress Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala had said that seat-sharing talks between Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents are in the final stages and the final decision will be announced after the alliance meeting on February 27 and 28. ,
“Mr Pawar and Rahul Gandhi have spoken on phone,” Mr Patil told reporters here.
The MVA alliance includes Congress, NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi.
Mr Patil also said he met Pawar on Thursday to discuss organizational matters besides the ongoing seat-sharing talks.
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