Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil and his party colleague Sudhir Mungantiwar will meet Shiv Sena leaders in the next 10 days to work out modalities of seat-sharing between the two parties for the upcoming Assembly polls. The two saffron parties, partners in the ruling coalitions in Maharashtra and at the Centre, had fought the April-May Lok Sabha polls in alliance. "Our plan is to have a seat-sharing formula for all the 288 Assembly seats. We will meet (Sena leaders) in the next 10 days," Mungantiwar told reporters on Monday.

Mungantiwar, who is also the state finance minister, said he and Patil will lead the talks on seat-sharing on behalf of the BJP. Among the sticking points between the two parties is the post of chief minister, said sources, with the Sena insisting that the five-year term at the top should be shared equally by the saffron allies if they come to power. Incidentally, in his rally in Solapur on Sunday, BJP chief Amit Shah had asked the gathering to give the alliance a thumping victory and a second term as Chief Minister to Devendra Fadnavis.