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Congress, NCP tie up for Maharashtra civic
polls
Wednesday November 23, 2011 11:09:07 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Maharashtra's
ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday
struck an alliance for the 2012 polls to Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) and other civic bodies in the state.
The announcement comes on the heels of the tie-up announced last
week by the Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janta Party and Republican Party
of India for the polls.
The Congress-NCP announced the alliance for February 2012 polls in
Mumbai, Thane and Nashik.
Asked about the seat sharing for the 227 seat strong BMC, NCP
state chief Madhukarrao Pichhad said that the decision is yet to
come.
"We have set up a committee comprising five members each from NCP
and Congress. They will analyse the candidates and the likeliness
of best arrangements and let us know by Nov 30," Pichhad told
IANS.
"A decision will then be taken in the presence of Chief minister
Prithviraj Chavan, state Congress president Manikrao Thakre and
Deputy Chief Minister (and NCP leader) Ajit Pawar and me," he
added.
In 2007 civic polls, both the parties had contested separately
after their seat-sharing talks had failed.
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