Congress, NCP to commence alliance talks today

August 19, 2014 08:39

Congress and Nationalist Congress Party will hold alliance talks on Tuesday and Wednesday for the ensuing election to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly, slated for October.

The commencement of negotiations is close on the heels of the recent decision taken by the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party high commands, to continue alliance during the state assembly election.

The negotiations are going to take place when some leaders from both Congress and NCP are indulged in verbal duel over breaking the alliance and contesting assembly election independently to avoid back stabbing. However, some leaders press for poll tie-up, especially when both parties, together, are trailing in 240 assembly seats to saffron Shiv Sena-BJP combine in the general election.

The talks will begin after the Nationalist Congress Party last week made the Congress withdraw its candidate from the bypoll to the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

Congress, despite winning only two Lok Sabha seats, is so far disinterested to change the 174:114 seat-sharing formula implemented during the 2009 assembly poll.

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