NDA may not fight local polls in Maharashtra unitedly, says Patel

Ruling coalition ally NCP’s working president Praful Patel on Monday said his party will go it alone in the upcoming elections to rural and urban body polls in Maharashtra though there is no restriction on forging alliances at local level.

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Talking to reporters at his residence in Gondia, the Rajya Sabha MP asserted that while the Mahayuti alliance will contest the state and national elections together, decision on tie-ups for local body elections will be taken at district level, going by sentiments of party workers,

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, isa constituent of the ruling Mahayuti bloc, which also includes the BJP and the Shiv Sena.