Bhujbal meets Maharashtra Governor over Government formation.Byline: ANI Mumbai Mumbai (m  mbī`, m m`bī), formerly Bombay (bŏmbā`), city (1991 pop. , Nov 3(ANI): Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is an Indian political party. BackgroundIt was formed on May 25, 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P.A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) after disputing the right of Italian-born (NCP (1) (Network Control Program) See SNA and network control program. (2) (NetWare Core Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in a NetWare network. ) leader Chhagan Bhujbal Chhagan Bhujbal (छगन भुजबल) is the Public Works Minister of Maharashtra, India. He is from the Nationalist Congress Party, and has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. on Tuesday met Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir for discussions over formation of the State Government. Addressing the media after the meeting, Bhujbal said that his party was ready to give outside support to Congress for forming the Government. "He (the Governor) asked us when we would like to form the Government and we told him that there was no delay from our side and we want to bring back the Congress party's Government and if required we will give the letter of support also. This has been conveyed to the Congress leader Ashok Chavan," Bhujbal said. The Congress-NCP alliance won 144 out of the 288 seats in the October 13 State Assembly elections, but has developed strong differences over sharing of key portfolios due to which the Government has not been formed as of yet. The Congress wants NCP to surrender at least two of five key departments - home, finance, energy, rural development and tribal development. The NCP is not ready to part with home, finance and energy but it is prepared to exchange the remaining two for urban development and social justice. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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