On Sunday, the Congress had offered 124 seats, while the NCP had held firm to its demand for 144. Congress is learnt to be ready to increase its offer to 130 in a bid to save the 15-year alliance.
After a marathon meeting of the NCP core group presided over by Sharad Pawar, Patel said, "We are keen to contest the polls with Congress, but we feel that the seat-sharing formula should be respectful. Congress proposal of 124 seats is not acceptable to us and we are firm on 144 seats."
State Congress president Manikrao Thakre told TOI, "We feel NCP should not make it a prestige issue. Congress and NCP must contest the assembly polls together if communal forces are to be kept out of power.''
A senior Congress minister hinted that Tuesday's meeting might not be able to break the deadlock. "We believe the row over the seat-sharing formula will be resolved only after a meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar. We expect Congress may increase the offer from 124 to 130 seats. If no settlement is reached on Tuesday, Sonia and Pawar may meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to work out a new formula," he said.
On the meeting presided over by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, Thakre said the central election committee reviewed all 288 constituencies in the state. "We have finalized a panel for 174 seats and identified nominees for 114 seats. We will take a final decision on whether to contest all the 288 seats after a meeting with NCP leaders on Tuesday," Thakre said.
Patel said in the event there was no "respectful" seats agreement, the NCP will have no option but to contest all the 288 seats. "We had contested 124 seats in 2004. In 2009, it reduced to 114 and the Congress had contested 174 seats. Our contention is that in view of the changed political situation and improved performance of NCP, Congress must accept our demand for 144 seats,'' Patel said.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the NCP won four seats and the Congress two amid a saffron surge. The NCP has been demanding more seats since. "I think the Congress did not take the seat-sharing exercise seriously. As a result, there is the prolonged delay in taking the decision,'' a senior NCP minister said.
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