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The Congress in Maharashtra has

decided to propose names of three poll ticket aspirants each

from four of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai to the

central leadership, while it has finalised the candidate for

one seat, sources said on Monday.

A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of

state party leaders here.

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan was among

the leaders who attended the meeting.

According to the sources, former Union Minister Milind

Deora would be the party candidate from the Mumbai South

constituency for the upcoming elections.

Deora has represented the constituency in the past.

The Mumbai North-East seat is likely to go to the NCP

as part of a seat-sharing arrangement between the two alliance

partners.

Mumbai North, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai North-West

and Mumbai South-Central are the remaining four parliamentary

seats in the metropolis.

"It has been decided that names of three ticket

aspirants from each of these four seats would be sent to the

central leadership to take the final call," the sources said.

The sources said the Congress and the NCP may take

another week to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement between

them.

The two parties had drawn a blank in Mumbai in the

2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena had won three Lok Sabha

seats each then.

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