NCP to join hands with Congress in corporations, Zilla Parishads: Sharad Pawar

On his earlier assumption of state government getting unstable post civic elections, Pawar said, “Going by the behaviour of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, I don’t think he will opt out of the state government. But if he does so, we are ready for the elections.” Asked whether NCP is keen on supporting Shiv Sena in BMC, Pawar said, “I think Shiv Sena is managing to arrange enough numbers to form a ruling coalition in BMC. If there is need of NCP’s support then the decision will be taken at local level.”

Shiv Sena won 84 seats as against 114 required to have absolute majority in the Mumbai civic body and has so far received support of four Independents. Hence, the party is claiming to have a total strength of 88 corporators in the BMC. Though Congress won 31 seats, party leader Sanjay Nirupam has already made it clear that it would not support Shiv Sena in the cash-rich BMC.

It is to be noted that of the 1,509 seats in 25 Zilla Parishads, BJP won 406, Congress 309, NCP 360 and Shiv Sena 271. Rest of the seats were won by Independents and local fronts.

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