My presence not needed when talks are between BJP and Shiv Sena: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said the ruling Mahayuti alliance led by CM Eknath Shinde has almost finalised its seat sharing deal for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly election 2024 reported the PTISome seats have been finalised while a decision on the remaining seats is expected today the NCP chief told reportersThere is no reason for me to be present at the meeting when the decision on some seats is to be taken between the BJP and Shiv Sena Ajit Pawar said on his absence at the talks between leaders of BJP and Shiv Sena in Mumbai on Monday according to the PTIThe three party leaders are present when discussions concern all the three constituents of the Mahayuti alliance he addedAs some candidates had to keep up with the muhurat for filing of nominations they have been allotted our partys A and B forms Ajit Pawar said as per the PTIThe A and B forms are important documents which denote that a certain candidate has been approved by a political party and should be allotted the election symbol of that partyThere has been no confirmation from any of the ruling alliance leaders on media reports that the BJP may contest 156 of the 288 seats while Shiv Sena may fight on 78 seats and the NCP may get 54 seats to contestMeanwhile before announcing candidates NCP has released a list of 27 star campaigners for Maharashtra Assembly electionAjit Pawar NCP working president Praful Patel the partys state head Sunil Tatkare and a host of cabinet members figure in a list of 27 star campaigners released by the ruling coalition partner for the November 20 assembly polls reported the PTIThe Nationalist Congress Party NCP a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti alliance is yet to declare its candidates for the polls to the 288member assemblyBefore announcing its candidates which is expected this week the regional party came out with a list of 27 star campaigners for the assembly elections State NCP president Sunil Tatkare who is also a Lok Sabha MP announced the listThe partys star campaigners include NCP president Ajit Pawar Patel Sunil Tatkare state ministers Chhagan Bhujbal Dilip Walse Patil Dhananjay Munde Hasan Mushrif and Aditi TatkareThe others in the list are Deputy Speaker of state assembly Narhari Zirwal Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Patil veteran actor Sayaji Shinde MLA Amol Mitkari minority community leader Jallaudin Syed NCP youth wing national president Dheeraj Sharma and state womens commission chief Rupali Chakankar the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs