Maha impasse: NCP core-committee meeting today

November 17, 2019 09:35

Amidst the political stalemate in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party has convened a meeting of the core committee in Pune on Sunday

The core committee may discuss portfolio allocation in the possible coalition government of the NCP, the Congress and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, sources said.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar will also be present at the meeting.

Pawar was expected to meet senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday or Tuesday to discuss government formation, sources added.

"A meeting with Sonia Gandhi may happen later," they said.

"Pawar and other NCP leaders will be meeting Congress leaders on Tuesday. In that meeting, the Congress will decide whether it will be part of the government or will support from outside," NCP chief spokesperson Nawab Malik said.

"Once that decision is made, further process for government formation will follow," he told reporters.

Allies Congress and NCP have worked out a common minimum program with the Sena for government formation.

Maharashtra is under President's rule since November 12 after the BJP-Sena alliance fell apart over the issue of sharing of chief minister's post.

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