NCP declares names of 3 candidates for Maharashtra local bodies election, NCP Candidate list Maharashtra Polls, Sangli-Satara, Bhandara-Gondia, Pune local bodies, Maharashtra municipal polls 2016
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NCP declares names of 3 candidates for Maharashtra local bodies election, NCP Candidate list Maharashtra Polls, Sangli-Satara, Bhandara-Gondia, Pune local bodies, Maharashtra municipal polls 2016
NCP on Tuesday announced candidature for three of the six Legislative council seats which will go to polls on November 19, retaining two sitting MLCs.
Tatkare said candidates for the remaining three seats — Yavatmal, Jalgaon and Nanded — would be announced later on Tuesday. When asked about alliance with Congress, he said, "Ball is in the court of the Congress."
| Candidate | Seat |
| Shekhar Gore | Sangli-Satara |
| Rajendra Jain | Bhandara-Gondia |
| Anil Bhosale | Pune |
NCP's decision has virtually ended the chances of Congress-NCP aligning for the biennial elections to six seats from the local bodies. Congress has been demanding Yavatmal, Sangli-Satara and Bhandara-Gondia local bodies seats from the NCP's kitty, saying that it was in a better position to win.
Congress has a sitting member from the Nanded local bodies, while Jalgaon is with the BJP.
Leaders of the two parties had held two rounds of meetings to finalise the seat adjustments after agreeing in principle to contest the polls in an alliance.
The notification for the polls was issued on 26 October. The process of filing of nomination will end tomorrow and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is 5 November.Counting of votes will be taken up on 22 November.
Even though Congress has not officially announced its candidates, Mohan Kadam, brother of senior party leader Patangrao Kadam, has filed his papers for Sangli-Satara local bodies seat, according to sources.
Praful Agrawal, son of Congress MLA Gopaldas Agrawal has filed his papers for Bhandara-Gondia local bodies seat, while sitting MLC Amar Rajurkar has filed papers for Nanded seat.
Party sources said the candidates will be officially announced if the alliance with NCP does not materialise.