Summary:
SSS leaders are reportedly under pressure from cadre, particularly in western Maharashtra, to stop negotiations with Congress and NCP. Sources in SSS said workers feel that NCP and Congress have kept them waiting deliberately, as an election strategy. He said Congress and NCP cannot take the SSS for granted, and decisions must not be taken without taking them into confidence. SSS later asked for 15 seats, resulting in a deadlock in negotiations. SSS had initially asked for 7 seats, including 2 from Vidarbha and 1 from north Maharashtra..