Mumbai, April 30 -- Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Wednesday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) had earlier expressed readiness to support Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray if he chose to contest the Legislative Council election, even as the alliance now considers a new nominee.

On Wednesday, Wadettiwar told reporters, "We had said that if Uddhav ji himself became the candidate from the Maha Vikas Aghadi, we all would support him, and we had already discussed this, and regarding any new name that has come up, we are discussing it... We will file our candidacy for the name that has been announced and discuss it later."

The comments followed the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s announcement on Wednesday, naming former Legislative Council Leader ...