The Byculla and Chandivli Assembly seats may become a source of friction between Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT). The grand old party’s city unit has decided to demand 16 to 17 Assembly seats for its candidates. In the 2019 election, four Congress legislators were elected in Mumbai though the party contested 17 Assembly constituencies.

A Mumbai Congress leader said on the condition of anonymity that the party was planning to contest 16 to 17 Assembly seats this time. Among these are Byculla and Chandivli, which the undivided Shiv Sena won in the last Assembly poll. After the split in the party, its respective Chandivli and Byculla legislators Dilip Lande and Yamini Jadhav joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction.