Cong, NCP reach seat deal for Maharashtra assembly polls.THE CONGRESS and the Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is an Indian political party. Background It 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. ) hammered out a seat adjustment deal for next month's assembly polls in Maharashtra. Congress president Sonia Gandhi's confidante con·fi·dante n. 1. A woman to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed. 2. A woman character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions Ahmed Patel Ahmed Patel is a senior leader of Indian National Congress party. He hails from the village Piraman near the industrial city of Ankleshwar in the state of [Gujarat], Mr.Patel is also one of the most prominent Congressmen, who form the core think tank of the the INC ( Indian and civil aviation minister Praful Patel of the NCP reached an agreement on Sunday. It was decided that the NCP would contest 112 seats, while the Congress will take the lion's share of 176 seats in the 288- seat assembly, Congress sources said. In the 2004 polls, the NCP had contested 122 seats, leaving 166 seats for its ally -- the Congress. Senior Congress leaders said details of the arrangement would be disclosed during Sonia's visit to Mumbai on Monday. Sources said the Congress may decide to leave a few seats for the RPI's Prakash Ambedkar faction, but no concrete decision was taken on Sunday. NCP leaders seemed to be satisfied with the outcome as the Congress was initially willing to leave about 100 seats for its junior partner. The Congress wanted to reduce the number of seats for Sharad Pawar's party citing its poor performance in the May Lok Sabha polls. The NCP was not ready to accept for anything less than the number of seats allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. to it in 2004. But it mellowed down following remarks from Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Vilasrao Deshmukh that the party should merge with the Congress. Chief minister Ashok Chavan's comments seconding Digvijay's suggestion that the NCP should merge with the Congress has also not gone down well with the 10- year- old party. The talks in the Opposition camp, between the Shiv Sena and the BJP BJP Bharatiya Janata Party (India) BJP British Journal of Psychiatry BJP British Journal of Photography BJP Bubble Jet Printer (Canon) BJP Bence Jones Protein BJP Boston Jolly Pirates , has been finalised on the lines of their 2004 arrangement. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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