Mumbai: Congress leaders met Sharad Pawar and leaders of his NCP (SP) to discuss a possible alliance for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, despite the party’s intention of contesting the polls solo.

Congress sources told ThePrint that the delegation put up a proposal for a formal alliance since NCP (SP) is “their natural alliance partner”.

“To this, Sharad Pawar said that next week he will convene a meeting with the NCP (SP) Mumbai unit and Congress to discuss this in detail,” a Congress leader told ThePrint. Show Full Article

The meeting was attended by Mumbai Congress chief and Member of Parliament (MP) Varsha Gaikwad, along with Congress MLAs from Mumbai—Amin Patel, Aslam Shaikh, and Jyoti Gaikwad, and NCP (SP) MP from Baramati Supriya Sul

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