INDIA bloc partners agree on seat-sharing plan for 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra

The Opposition INDIA bloc is moving fast with discussions on seat-sharing, scheduling meetings cheek-by-jowl in multiple states. After talks started on Delhi and Punjab, today is the turn of two of the country's largest states -- Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra -- which account for 128 of the 545 Lok Sabha seats.

While a meeting is on way in Mumbai between the Shiv Sea UBT, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress in Maharashtra, one more is scheduled this evening to divide the 80 seats of Uttar Pradesh.That will be held at 6 pm at the Delhi residence of senior party leader Mukul Wasnik.

While there is no love lost between the party and the Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, talks with MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) allies in Maharashtra also are expected to come with its own set of challenges.