BJP eyeing Nashik mayor's post with MNS support
Friday February 24, 2012 08:13:57 PM,
IANS
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Nashik (Maharashtra): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday it was not averse to
allying with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to stake claim
to the mayor's post.
The MNS, which has emerged as the single largest party with 44
members in 122-member house, is struggling to garner much-needed
support of 22 corporators to wrest administrative control of the
Nashik Municipal Corporation.
BJP state president Sudhir Mungantiwar indicated that his party
had no objection to allying with MNS if this got it the mayor's
post.
"However, we shall first consult our alliance partners (Shiv Sena
and the Republican Party of India) before taking any decision,"
Mungantiwar said.
The MNS has become the most watched party after its
better-than-expected performance in the recent gram panchayat,
zilla parishad and municipal corporation elections across the
state.
It has become the largest single party in the Nashik civic body,
but has fallen way short of the magic figure of 62 to command a
simple majority.
On the other hand, RPI chief Ramdas Athawale, a BJP-Shiv Sena
ally, held consultations Thursday with the Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) on a possible alliance.
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