The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising Congress-NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday invited Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) to be a part of the opposition alliance in Maharashtra and join it for a discussion on seat-sharing, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, a letter signed by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, Jayant Patil of the NCP's Sharad Pawar faction and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was sent to Prakash Ambedkar, requesting him to depute senior leaders from the VBA to join the seat-sharing talks.