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Maharashtra polls: NCP delays seat-sharing response

New Delhi: Congress’s alliance with NCP in Maharashtra appears headed for trouble as the Sharad Pawar- led party is yet to give a “positive response” to the former’s proposal for seat-sharing for the upcoming Assembly polls. Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre told reporters after a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) here that they will have to prepare for all 288 seats in the state if a response from NCP does not come within a day or two.

Without going into the number of seats offered by Congress to NCP, Thakre said there has been no response so far to the proposal from NCP.

The remarks came as the process for the filing of nominations for the Assembly polls began on Saturday with the issuance of the election notification.

Maharashtra, which has over 8.28 crore voters, has a single-phase poll to elect its 13th Assembly.

Sept. 27 is the deadline for filing nominations. After scrutiny of papers, the last date for withdrawal of nominations is Oct. 1. Counting of votes will take place on Oct. 19. The current Assembly’s term expires on Nov. 8.

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