India, May 27 -- Amid the ongoing tussle between the BJP and the Shiv Sena over the sharing of 17 legislative council seats, deputy CM Eknath Shinde is believed to have held a closed-door meeting with union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday night. This was followed by a one-on-one discussion between chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shinde in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The BJP's state unit had initially offered three seats to the Shiv Sena and two to the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP. However, the Sena has been pressing for six to seven seats, including Thane, Aurangabad, Nashik, Parbhani-Hingoli and Yavatmal. With the BJP's state leadership unwilling to concede more than three, Shinde reportedly sought Shah's intervention, and is believed t...