Will deadlock end? NCP-Cong to meet on seat sharing tomorrow

September 22, 2014 17:34

NCP Core Committee meeting ends. Senior party leader Praful Patel says that the NCP and the Congress will sit together and decide the seat sharing issue tomorrow. "Congress leaders are in Delhi. We will hold talks tomorrow tomorrow. The Congress has said we will discuss seat sharing together. We believe that the Congress should consder our demands for more seats. We want to keep communal forces at bay," said Patel immediately after the meet.

The NCP has said they want to contest 144 seats. The Congress has also looked for ways to end the impasse with leaders from Maharashtra, including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and PCC chief Manikrao Thakre, holding consultations with some central leaders.

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