Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019: Amit Shah, JP Nadda to hold meeting on BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in New Delhi today

New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, BJP president Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda will hold a meeting at the party’s headquarters on Thursday. The meeting chaired by Nadda will begin at 11 am. Apart from Shah and Nadda, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, and other prominent leaders will also be present in the meeting. [caption id=“attachment_6364881” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File image of Home Minister Amit Shah. News18[/caption] The leaders will deliberate on the decisions which need to be taken ahead of the elections, the most prominent of which is regarding the seat-sharing equation with Shiv Sena. The deliberation on the allotment of tickets to the party candidates will also be held in the meeting. Earlier on 24 September, BJP state chief Chandrakant Patil had expressed confidence that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is in fine health and they would get 220 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections. “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 told a press conference. Elections for the 288 seats of Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra will be held on 21 October. The counting of votes shall take place on 24 October.