Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders met on Thursday evening amid palpable tension between the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) over the unilateral announcement of some LS candidates. Insiders said Congress leaders who fumed over naming of candidates in Sangli, Mumbai South Central and Mumbai North West, expressed their displeasure at the meeting.

Prithviraj Chavan, chief of Congress’s campaign committee, told reporters after the meeting that some issues were still being discussed. He, however, declined to talk specifically about individual constituencies. “Wait for a few days. All issues will be sorted out,” he said. NCP boss Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Congress veteran Balasaheb Thorat, NCP`s state chief Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad attended the meeting.