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Shiv Sena (UBT) person Aaditya Thackeray connected Monday (March 2, 2026) denied immoderate deadlock successful Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) talks for the Rajya Sabha polls, asserting that the lone winnable spot should spell to his enactment owing to its numerical strength.
The Rajya Sabha polls for the 7 seats successful Maharashtra volition beryllium held connected March 16, 2026 and votes volition beryllium counted connected the aforesaid day.
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Mr. Thackeray, successful a station connected X, said, "There is nary deadlock successful talks for the Rajya Sabha; each parties are successful connection with each other. We person enactment guardant our assertion connected the upcoming Rajya Sabha seat, arsenic numerically and successful presumption of the rotation argumentation fixed for the MVA, the spot should beryllium contested by the @ShivSenaUBT."
Senior enactment person Sanjay Raut said discussions wrong the MVA are connected for the lone Rajya Sabha spot up of the March 16 polls, but arsenic the azygous largest Opposition party, the basal of the Shiv Sena UBT volition beryllium important to the decision.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Raut said that respective leaders, including erstwhile MPs Rajan Vichare and Vinayak Raut, person met enactment main Uddhav Thackeray to explicit their tendency to contention the Rajya Sabha polls. Rajan Vichare and Vinayak Raut mislaid the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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"Talks are nether mode consistently among the constituents, and it volition proceed till the past minute. Discussion among the salient leaders of the parties is on," helium said.
In April, Rajya Sabha stint volition extremity for Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) [NCP(SP)] main Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) person Priyanka Chaturvedi, Fauzia Khan of NCP(SP), Ramdas Athawale of RPI (Athawale), BJP's Bhagwat Karad, Congress's Rajani Patil and NCP's Dhairysheel Patil.
With numbers heavy stacked successful favour of the ruling Mahayuti, the MVA tin negociate to get lone 1 subordinate elected to the Upper House of Parliament and the legislative council.
However, each 3 MVA constituents — Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP(SP) — person staked assertion to the sole seat. The Sena (UBT) has 20 MLAs, followed by Congress with 16 and NCP(SP) with 10.
Veteran person Pawar is keen connected different stint successful the Upper House, Mr. Raut said, adding that Uddhav Thackeray and NCP(SP) person Jayant Patil held discussions connected the matter.
"Decision volition beryllium taken arsenic MVA. Whatever determination we make, it volition beryllium taken with consensus. Shiv Sena (UBT) is the largest party, and its basal volition beryllium important," helium said.
Mr. Raut stressed that the Shiv Sena (UBT) wants to nonstop its typical to the Rajya Sabha due to the fact that it is simply a determination party, and its main basal is that it should person astatine slightest 2 representatives successful the Upper House.
