However, the saffron alliance has to resolve the issue of four contentious seats, on which both parties have staked claims. These include the South Mumbai seat, Yavatmal, Washim, Kalyan and Jalgaon, which have seen their boundaries changed after the recent delimitation exercise.

While the Shiv Sena had contested 22 seats in the 2004 election, leaving 26 Lok Sabha seat for the BJP, the party is interested in getting 24 seats, 2 more than the last time.

On Tuesday, former LS speaker and Shjiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Manohar Joshi has met BJP Maharashtra chief Nitin Gadkari and also met BJP national general secretary and former Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde on Wednesday to discuss the issue.