Maharashtra assembly elections: Congress-NCP get screwed up yet again, tussle over seat sharing

Mumbai: Even though the Congress and its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra have agreed to field candidates for 125-125 assembly seats, Sharad Pawar's party NCP's demand for representation in all the 36 districts of the state has led to both parties A new screw is stuck about the split of the middle seats.

Congress leaders say that a decision will be taken soon about which seats will go to the accounts of both the parties and small allies.

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The leaders of the state unit of both the parties are holding fast meetings to decide the seats for themselves and the smaller parties. Voting is held on October 21 and counting on October 24 for all 288 seats in the state. A senior leader of the Maharashtra unit of the Congress said that the Nationalist Congress Party has demanded at least one or two seats in each district. This is not practical for us because there are many areas in the state where it has little impact.

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He said that both parties are in constant dialogue. Within a few days, we will finalize the seats for our portion and smaller parties. Another Congress leader said that the NCP is demanding many seats in Vidarbha, while it has had little influence in the area. Similarly, the NCP has demanded 12 out of the 36 seats in Mumbai, whereas in 2009, while in the alliance, it contested only seven seats.

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