With notification for the 15 October Maharashtra assembly elections to be issued on Saturday, the NCP on Friday said it is still awaiting a proposal from the Congress to discuss the seat-sharing arrangement but at the same time has completed all preparations to contest the polls which are barely a month away.
State unit chief Sunil Tatkare told reporters that his party had asked the Congress to take a call on finalising the seat sharing formula, but there has been ‘no response’ as yet from the ally. ‘We are hoping that we are invited for talks in a day or two as the poll notification will be issued on Saturday and the process of filing of nominations will begin. But, at the same time, we have completed our preparations as well,’ he added.
Tatkare was talking to reporters after inducting Malegaon MLA belonging to the Jan Surajya Shakti party, Mufti Mohammed Ismail. Along with Ismail, leaders of local outfits from Malegaon also joined the party.
State unit chief Sunil Tatkare told reporters that his party had asked the Congress to take a call on finalising the seat sharing formula, but there has been ‘no response’ as yet from the ally. ‘We are hoping that we are invited for talks in a day or two as the poll notification will be issued on Saturday and the process of filing of nominations will begin. But, at the same time, we have completed our preparations as well,’ he added.
Tatkare was talking to reporters after inducting Malegaon MLA belonging to the Jan Surajya Shakti party, Mufti Mohammed Ismail. Along with Ismail, leaders of local outfits from Malegaon also joined the party.