Maha polls: NCP breaks 15-year-old alliance with Congress

NH Bureau Thursday, 25 September 2014 05:38:13 PM

It’s a season of breakups in Maharashtra now
After BJP and Shiv Sena ended their relationship, Congress also called for an end to the 15-year-old relationship with NCP
On Wednesday, Congress had announced its candidates for 118 seats
NCP was demanding equal sharing of seats in the assembly polls
In the last assembly elections, NCP had fought 114 seats and Congress 174
“We have decided to end the alliance,” state NCP president Sunil Tatkare told reporters
NCP blamed Congress for not holding appropriate talks over seat sharing