MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said 99 per cent of work on the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s seat-sharing arrangement has been completed and leaders of the three alliance parties are expected to announce the formula later in the day.Talking to reporters, Raut also indicated his party could contest 100 seats.Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly are scheduled on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.Top leaders of the opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance met here late Tuesday night with indications that the seat-sharing arrangement for the assembly elections has been finalised.The MVA comprises the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP).After the talks, especially those between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress, hit a roadblock, senior state Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat first met NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday and then Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.Later, Thorat and other leaders of the MVA again sat together for a meeting that lasted for several hours at a hotel here. Leaders of the three parties were involved in hectic seat-sharing deliberations which continued until late Tuesday night.Raut on Wednesday said, “Ninety nine per cent work on seat-sharing has been completed. By today evening, leaders of the three parties will hold a press conference.”
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