India, Jan. 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are likely to contest against each other in several seats, as talks between the two allies remained unresolved till the deadline for withdrawal of nomination forms on Friday.

Senior BJP leader and Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol gave indirect indications of a possible face-off, acknowledging that seat-sharing issues could not be settled at the local level in time.

"Both BJP and Shiv Sena submitted extra AB forms, which have been accepted by the election office. We could not resolve the issue at the local level. Now, the matter will be taken up by state-level leaders-chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-and we are positive that it will be resolved...