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Congress-NCP Leaders Meet At Sharad Pawar's Residence For Second Time In A Day

According To The Sources In The Congress, Ideological Issues Has Been Sorted Out And Power-sharing Formula Will Be Discussed In The Meeting.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Shashikant Sharma | Updated on: 21 Nov 2019, 12:20:56 AM
Congress-NCP Leaders Meet At Sharad Pawar's Residence.

New Delhi:

The senior leaders of the Congress and the NCP sit together for the second time on Wednesday to discuss the government formation in Maharashtra. The second round of talks came hours after a marathon meeting between the leaders of the two parties at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in Delhi. In the second meeting, Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal, Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh were the leaders from the Congress party, while Sharad Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Nawab Malik and Supriya Sule respresented the NCP.

According to the sources in the Congress, ideological issues has been sorted out and power-sharing formula will be discussed in the meeting. There is possibilty of rotational chief minister of the Shiv Sena and the NCP for 2.5 years each while the Congress may get deputy chief minister's post for five years.

Earlier in the day, both parties had held marathon talks on joining hands with the Shiv Sena to form a non-BJP government in Maharashtra. After the meeting, they held a joint press conference and told reporters that a stable government will soon be formed in the western state.

"Congress-NCP has had long and positive discussions today. Discussions will continue; I am sure we will be able to give a stable govt to Maharashtra very soon," Chavan said. The former Maharashtra CM, however, added that more talks are needed in order to finalise the coalition with Sena.

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Senior NCP leader Nawab Malik, who accompanied Chavan at the presser, also said that both NCP and Congress have decided to give a non-BJP government in Maharashtra, adding that they were doing their best to resolve all the issues to provide an alternate government.

"Congress-NCP together decided that we must give an alternate govt in Maharashtra. It is not possible without NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena coming together. We are trying our best to resolve all issues. We will provide alternate govt as soon as possible," Malik was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The announcement has come two days after the 50-minute-long meeting between NCP cheif Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi. It was this meeting when Sonia Gandhi, who was extremely warrying about joining hands with Shiv Sena, gave her go ahead to the three party coalition. After Sonia Gandhi's nod, rest of the modalities were finalised during today's marathon meeting at Pawar's.

In the October 21 Maharashtra polls, the BJP-Sena saffron alliance secured a comfortable majority by winning 105 and 56 seats respectively in the 288-member assembly. The Congress and the NCP, pre-poll allies, won 44 and 54 seats respectively. However, failing to evolve a consensus over the chief minister’s post, the two saffron parties parted ways, with the Sena exploring the possibility of tying up with the Congress-NCP.

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First Published : 20 Nov 2019, 09:49:19 PM

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