Maharashtra polls: Both alliances in confusion over final list of candidates
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At a press meet with NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar (centre) and Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv Sena (UBT) in Mumbai on Sunday, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole (left) said projecting a face of the chief minister was not an immediate priority for them
Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha will be held in mid-November. Exuding confidence, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress president Nana Patole said last week: “All issues have been resolved. The Congress will contest the larger number of seats (in the alliance). We will announce our candidates on Vijayadashami (October 12).” He was referring to a compiled list of candidates of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which consists of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, or UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar, or SCP), apart from the Congress and smaller parties as members.