Nationalist Congress Party chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday announced that his party will contest the upcoming Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections in alliance with the Sharad Pawar-led faction of the NCP, PTI reported.
Ajit Pawar made the announcement while launching his party’s election campaign at Talewade in Pimpri-Chinchwad, The Indian Express reported.
The Pimpri-Chinchwad area near Pune is considered a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party.
The principal rival for the NCP alliance in the area is the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is an ally of Ajit Pawar’s faction at the state level.
The state’s ruling Mahayuti coalition comprises the BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Ajit Pawar.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Sharad Pawar.
Ajit Pawar’s announcement came days after the Uddhav Sena and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena announced an alliance for the municipal elections in the state.
“In Pimpri Chinchwad, NCP, the party with the clock symbol and NCP, the party with the trumpet symbol, will contest the civic election in an alliance,” Ajit Pawar said on Sunday. “A parivar [family] is coming together as many people wanted this to happen.”
He added that seat-sharing talks would be finalised within the next…
Source: NCP to ally with Sharad Pawar’s faction for Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal polls, says Ajit Pawar
