NCP, Congress finalise alliance for Maha MLC polls

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest the forthcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council polls in alliance with the Congress, a senior party leader said on Monday.

The Congress and the NCP held a meeting in Nagpur earlier in the day to finalise the seat-sharing deal for the biennial elections slated for December 27. Out of eight seats up for grab, the Sharad Pawar-led party will contest three seats while the Congress four.

“The NCP will contest Solapur and Ahmednagar local bodies seats. It will also field a candidate in Akola-Washim-Buldhana local bodies,” said state unit NCP chief Sunil Tatkare. 

Tatkare announced the candidature of Deepak Salunke and Arun Jagtap– both sitting MLCs – for Solapur and Ahmednagar seats, respectively, while the nominee for Akola-Washim-Buldhana would be announced on Tuesday.

Tatkare said the Congress will contest Mumbai, Kolhapur, Dhule-Nandurbar and Nagpur local self government bodies.