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March 4, 2009: Ending speculations over their alliance for the coming general elections, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday decided to contest the polls together in Maharashtra.

According to the agreement, Congress would contest elections on 25 seats, while Sharad Pawar-led NCP will fight polls from 23 constituencies.

Earlier, NCP threatened Congress of joining hands with Shiv Sena if it was not ceded 24 seats in the state for the elections getting underway on April 16.     

The growing closeness between leaders of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and the NCP in last few days had also left major NDA party BJP worried.  

Background

Congress and its allies formed the UPA government after the General Elections in 2004. Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh was then appointed the Prime Minister after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi refused to accept the post.

  Comments (1)

  Title: vote the right candidates but not of big parties

Posted by: francis

Date: Oct 05th, 2009

Comment: See that the Jagirdars of big parties are not free to use
power for their own use.There should be block of thirrd
party members ,bsp,local party and what not.This is India
Today1Ceo salaries vulgar ;Cores of rupees are taken as pay
by big directors of firms and govt says they cannot do
anything then advice.2]China's raillink to myanmar worries
India.The govt should reteliate by doing same that will
worry China3]AT rs one lack per day Indian railway .We
indian are still in fear gondas???

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