Seat-sharing talks for Maharashtra polls yet to begin in MVA; all are equal stakeholders: Raut

The NCP (SP) agreed to contest fewer seats than its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies during the Lok Sabha elections but the situation would be different in the Assembly polls, a party leader has quoted its supremo Sharad Pawar as saying.

Mr. Pawar held two meetings in Pune on Friday, one with the party's functionaries from Pune city and district, and another with its MLAs and newly-elected MPs.

City NCP (SP) chief Prashant Jagtap, who attended the first meeting, said Mr. Pawar told the gathering that the party contested fewer seats in the Lok Sabha polls just to ensure that the alliance with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress remained intact.