The BJP will give seats from its own quota to smaller allies such as the RPI (Athavale group), the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Shiv Sangram and Rayat Kranti, it is learnt. This means the Sena’s insistence on a 50-50 formula, with the two saffron partners getting 144 seats each of the total 288, has been junked, and its junking has been accepted by Uddhav Thackeray’s party.
