Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief, Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday claimed that he is confident in the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and it would win over 220 seats in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.

'Confident on winning 220 seats'- Maharashtra BJP Chief

"Discussions on the alliance is at the last stage. Those who are thinking that alliance will not happen are going to be disappointed. I am confident that we will get 220 seats in the upcoming assembly elections," he said while addressing a press conference.

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When asked about Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut's statement about seat-sharing in the alliance to be tougher than an India-Pakistan match, Chandrakant Patil said, "Raut is a good writer so he gives such examples but working out the seat-sharing formula will not be that difficult."

Earlier in the day, Sanjay Raut told ANI, "Maharashtra is a big state. The sharing of 288 seats is a bigger exercise than the India-Pakistan partition. Had we sat in Opposition instead of being in govt the picture today would have been different."

Sanjay Raut's statement on seat-sharing between the Shiv Sena and BJP comes not even a month before the Maharashtra polls. Maharashtra and Shiv Sena will be contesting the polls under a coalition.

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Alliance with BJP inevitable

Interestingly, Shiv Sena chief, Uddhav Thackeray had said in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently that the alliance with the BJP was inevitable.

Maharashtra elections

Election Commission of India (EC) announced the poll dates for Maharashtra on September 21. Maharashtra will be voting in a single phase on October 21. The result for the Maharashtra Polls will be announced on October 24. Indian National Congress (INC) will be contesting the polls under a coalition with the National Congress Party (NCP). Ahead of the assembly elections, Harshvardhan Patil of the Congress party and Ganesh Naik of NCP have joined the BJP. According to the reports, ex-Maharashtra Congress chief Kripashankar Singh is also believed to be in talks with Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis for joining the BJP. Kripashankar Singh had resigned from the Congress party on September 10.

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