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Nationalist Congress Party and The Congress will be holding formal talks today to discuss the seat-sharing formula for the Maharashtra assembly elections,
"The first official talks with the NCP for seat sharing will take place in the evening in Mumbai," Manikrao Thakre, chief of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. He was addressing the media after his meeting with A.K. Antony, who is the general secretary in charge of Maharashtra.
The people who were part of the meeting held in A. K. Antony’s residence include Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, senior Congress member Narayan Rane, union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh as well as Mumbai chief of the party, Kripa Shankar Singh.
Thakre has said that seat-sharing deal will be disclosed after holding discussions with NCP leaders in Mumbai.
When asked if Congress can fight the Maharashtra elections alone, Kripa Shankar Singh said: "No formula of Uttar Pradesh will be applied in Maharashtra."
Senior NCP leaders, including Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and Maharashtra NCP chief R.R. Patil, will be attending the Mumbai meeting
The Congress-NCP alliance is ruling Maharashtra, which goes to polls on Oct 13. The two parties are in talks to finalise seat-sharing.
