<p>Ahead of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-mahayuti-seat-sharing-to-be-announced-in-a-day-or-two-says-cm-shinde-23414070" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maharashtra Assembly election 2024</strong></a>, former Maharashtra minister Rajendra Shingne on Saturday returned to the Sharad Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), reported the PTI.</p>
<p>Rajendra Shingne had quit the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) last year and joined the Ajit Pawar-led NCP which is part of the ruling BJP-led coalition.</p>
<p>Shingne was welcomed back into the party fold by Sharad Pawar and state NCP (SP) chief Jayant Patil in Mumbai on Saturday.</p>
<p>Harshvardhan Patil and Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, who recently joined the NCP (SP), were also present on the occasion.</p>
<p>Rajendra Shingne is a five-time MLA from Sindkhedraja in eastern Maharashtra.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a day after tensions between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress over seat-sharing for the Maharashtra assembly election 2024 surfaced, Congress's state in-charge Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday met former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.</p>
<p>Leaders of the three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) parties involved in the ongoing seat-sharing talks also met in the evening in a bid to break the impasse as the state is set to go to polls on November 20.</p>
<p>While Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) are yet to declare their seat-sharing arrangement, their <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-samajwadi-party-wants-12-seats-as-part-of-mva-to-contest-in-polls-says-akhilesh-yadav-23413960" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>INDIA bloc ally and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Singh Yadav</strong></a> has declared candidates for five of the 12 seats he is demanding, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>In a message to Congress, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/sanjay-raut-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut</strong></a> said the current national politics is driven by regional parties and they must get their space.</p>
<p>The filing of nominations will begin from Sunday, but both the ruling Mahayuti coalition and Opposition MVA alliance are yet to finalise the seat distribution.<br />Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday had cautioned that the haggling among the allies must not reach the breaking point. State Congress chief Nana Patole had said there was a stalemate over 25 to 30 seats.</p>
<p>On Saturday, Chennithala met Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree', stating that he wanted to inquire about Uddhav Thackeray's health.</p>
<p>The Opposition alliance's seat-sharing talks will conclude in "one or two days", he said after meeting the allies and state Congress leaders.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election 2024, former Maharashtra minister Rajendra Shingne on Saturday returned to the Sharad Pawar-led faction of NCP

Maharashtra assembly election 2024: Former minister Rajendra Shingne returns to Sharad Pawar-led NCP

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Rajendra Shingne had quit the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) last year and joined the Ajit Pawar-led NCP which is part of the ruling BJP-led coalition

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