2Photo© timesofindia.indiatimes.comBJP finalises road map to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls with Shiv Sena, NCP
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on June 30 said his party, the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray will jointly contest the Maharashtra Assembly polls, due in October this year.
Addressing a news conference in Pune, Mr. Pawar also said it is the moral responsibility of the major Opposition parties in Maharashtra to protect in the State Assembly polls the interests of smaller allies, which were part of the coalition in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The NCP (SP), the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) are constituents of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which was in power in the State from November 2019 till June 2022 before the collapse of the Thackeray-led government. Mr. Pawar said the Opposition will keep a collective face before the people of Maharashtra.