India, May 30 -- While the ruling Mahayuti alliance continues to grapple with internal differences over seat-sharing for the upcoming legislative council elections, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday announced a consensus on the distribution of 15 of the 17 seats going to polls. Under the agreement, the Congress will contest eight seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) four, and the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) three. A decision on the remaining two seats, Nanded and Nashik, is expected shortly.

Senior leaders of the three MVA constituents met on Friday to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement. Following the meeting, leaders announced that an agreement had been reached on 15 constituencies, while discussions were continuing over the rem...