Cong-NCP to share 40-41 seats in Maha

Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 2:03 am

After four rounds of negotiations, Congress and NCP have agreed to contest on 40-41 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra while a decision on remaining eight seats will be taken soon, leaders of the two parties announced on Wednesday (March 4).

The two parties agreed on seat-sharing for 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, cited state’s Congress Chief Manikrao Thakre in Delhi.

“We have reached the formula for sharing 40 seats and all RPI factions, and the Samajwadi Party will be adjusted in a few seats besides finalising other seats,” told the senior NCP leader and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel in Nagpur.

Sources in Congress-NCP alliance stated, the two parties have agreed to contest 19 seats, each out of the 40-41 – and a decision on the remaining seats would be taken in a day or two.

NCP, a coalition partner of Congress-led UPA and Democratic Front governments at the Centre and Maharashtra respectively, has staked claim to three out of ten seats in Vidarbha region including that of Bhandara.

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar will contest from Madha adjacent to his pocket-borough Baramati. Patel’s wife Varsha Ben (Tai), is likely to contest from Bhandara, once represented by her husband and father-in-law late Manoharbhai Patel.

(Agencies)

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Cong-NCP to share 40-41 seats in Maha

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