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Congress rules out an alliance with NCP
- by Webdesk
- 14 Jan 2017
A day after an appeal made by NCP chief Sharad Pawar for an alliance with Congress for the upcoming elections to the municipal corporations and zilla parishads, Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam ruled out such a possibility.
Nirupam said prominent city Congress leaders were against such an alliance.
“I have read Sharad Pawar’s statement in favour of an alliance with the Congress. But on the basis of recommendations made by prominent leaders, we decided to contest the BMC polls independently. We will contest all the 227 seats and our list is expected within a week,” the Congress leader said.
Nirupam said the view of senior Congress leaders was communicated to the Congress high command and then it was decided not to join hands with the NCP. “On our own, we will improve our performance this time. In fact, we will be the single largest party,” he claimed.
State Congress president Ashok Chavan said while there is no possibility of an alliance in Mumbai, in rest of the corporations and zilla parishads across the state, Congress district presidents have been authorised to take a decision.
“It is for the district presidents, if they come with an alliance proposal, we will approve it,” Chavan said.
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