Nationalist Congress Party will fight Maharashtra polls along with Congress

October 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi will address three rallies in Maharashtra today. Besides Mumbai, Gandhi will campaign in Kolhapur and Nagpur for Congress- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidates.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked Election Commission to take steps to conduct free and fair polls in Akkalkot constituency in Solapur district of Maharashtra where one of its activists was murdered. Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said, "We were satisfied that all the three election commissioners were present and gave a patient hearing to us and assured as the deputy election commissioner Jaiprakash will go there inspect the area and see that that free and fair election in the area." An alliance of the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Republican Party of India (RPI) is taking on the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra.hree rebels from Congress and two to three from the NCP were reportedly in the race.

September 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The crucial meeting of the Congress Party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders will be held here on Saturday to give the final shape to the seat sharing agreement for next month's Maharashtra Assembly polls. The Election Commission issued notification for the assembly polls in Maharashtra, which is to be held on October 13.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party on Thursday announced that it will contest 174 seats in the October 13 assembly elections in Maharashtra, while its partner, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest 114. Addressing the media here, Chaudhary Virendra Singh, who oversees Congress affairs in the state of Maharashtra, said, the seat-sharing arrangement has been finalised after several rounds of talks.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maharashtra Congress leaders on Tuesday met at Defence Minister AK Antony's residence to discuss seat-sharing formula for the next month's assembly elections. Maharashtra's Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, former Chief Minister Narayan Rane, Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Mumbai's Congress party Chief Kripa Shankar Singh attended the meeting.

September 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Even as the Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) continue to engage in seat sharing talks, Congress President Sonia Gandhi kickstarted her party's campaign for the coming Maharashtra Assembly polls on Monday. Inaugurating the renovated Congress Office in Mumbai, which has been named after Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia called on the workers to reach out to the people with renewed vigour to ensure the party's return to power in the state.

September 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Congress party has begun shortlisting candidates aspiring for party's nomination for the October 13 assembly elections in Maharashtra. Congress party, which is running a coalition government with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra for the second term in a row, is yet to sort out hiccups on seat sharing with its ally.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that the decision on alliance with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls would be taken by Sunday. Speaking to the media after a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Deshmukh said the party will take a decision on the continuation of alliance by Sunday.

July 8th, 2009 PANAJI - The Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Maharashtra president R.R. Patil said here Wednesday that the party will contest the forthcoming elections to the state assembly in partnership with the Congress.

May 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Triumphed with his party's success in the Lok Sabha elections, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Sunday said that he wants the Congress party to go alone in the upcoming assembly polls. "We want to contest assembly elections in Maharashtra without aligning with any other party.

March 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - Despite a seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress will contest alone the Lok Sabha elections in Tripura. The Trinamool Congress Wednesday said it has finalised its candidates for the two Lok Sabha constituencies in the Left ruled state.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After its failure to cobble a poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, the Congress party Monday stuck a deal over sharing of seats with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. 'We will fight unitedly as alliance partners in Maharashtra.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said that it has finalized seat-sharing agreement with the Congress on most of the parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra. NCP spokesperson D.P.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress and its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday struck an alliance in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan told reporters that the two parties had arrived at a seat-sharing arrangement for 40 of the 48 seats in the state.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday called for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to put up a joint fight to win the next Lok Sabha polls and demanded more seats from allies in the states where it has proved its strong presence. As a senior partner in the alliance in Maharashtra, the NCP wanted to contest from 26 seats in its bastion, party spokesman D.P.