Maha Cong leaders discuss possible alliances at local level

Aug 11 (PTI) Congress leaders in Maharashtra

held a marathon meeting here today to discuss possible

alliances with like-minded parties in various districts.

The meeting was chaired by state unit president Ashok

Chavan and attended by Sushilkumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan

Manikrao Thakre, Balasaheb Thorat, Sanjay Nirupam, Mohammed

Arif Naseem Khan and Harshvardhan Patil among others, party

sources said.

Leaders from Vidarbha, Kolhapur, Raigad and Palghar

participated in the deliberations regarding possibility of

alliances with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Vidarbha, Raju

Shetti's Swabhimani Paksh in Kolhapur, Peasants and Workers

Party in Raigad and Bahujan Vikas Agadhi in Palghar.

The Maratha quota stir, and arrests of suspected

right-wing group members yesterday with seizure of explosives,

were also discussed, sources added.

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