MVA finalises seat-sharing for Maharashtra council polls; Congress gets 8 of 17 seats

Mumbai, May 29 (PTI) The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday said it has finalised the seat-sharing agreement for the June 18 Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, with the Congress set to contest the highest eight of the 17 seats. State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said the MVA, which also includes the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party (SP), reached a consensus on all 17 seats. Congress will contest Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Amravati, Ahilyanagar, Solapur,