The seat sharing issue between the Congress-NCP alliance for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls may see a conclusion as both the parties are set to meet in Mumbai today to take a final decision on the issue.

Marathon discussions have been going on in both the party bastions ahead of this meeting. An NCP core committee meeting was held in Mumbai yesterday attended by party chief Sharad Pawar.

A meeting of Congress leaders was also held at chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s official residence Varsha to discuss the issue which went on till late in the night.

After the meeting, the chief minister said that decision regarding candidates for the 174 seats of Congress has almost been taken barring a few seats. He also stated that the NCP leaders should come for the discussion today with an open mind.

After the Congress-NCP meeting today, core committees of both parties will meet again in the afternoon.