Mumbai, April 26 -- As Maharashtra goes to the second phase of Lok Sabha polls in eight constituencies -five in Vidarbha region and three in neighbouring Marathwada on Friday, the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will be slugging it out with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in three of the constituencies, while its senior partner BJP appears to have a tough task on hand to retain of its four sitting seats.

The Congress, which had failed to win even one seat from among the eight currently poll-bound seats in the 2019 polls, has something to cheer this time around, as it may end up bagging at least a couple of seats in the second phase of polling -- especially after Rahul Gandhi's electioneering at Amravati where he managed to elicit ent...