Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, stated on Friday that his party intends to contest 23 of Maharashtra's 48 Lok Sabha seats. Raut referred to discussions held prior to the INDIA opposition bloc meeting in Delhi this week, during which Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders met with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, stated a report in PTI. 

The PTI report quoted Raut saying, "We'll contest 23 Lok Sabha seats as we've traditionally done." Raut was referring to Shiv Sena's historical participation in this number of seats. The Shiv Sena (UBT) is a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, allied with Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, all of whom are associated with the INDIA coalition.