Congress will forge coalition with NCP for Maha Assembly polls: Ashok Chavan

Maharashtra Congress Chief and former chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday said the party will forge a coalition with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. "We had a discussion on upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls. Talks on the alliance with NCP is almost over. Congress and NCP will forge a coalition in Maharashtra for polls. The discussion on seat allocation is yet to be done. We are open for talks with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi party," Chavan told reporters here after a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress leader said that seat allocation for 288 Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra has not been discussed until now. The Congress-NCP contested Lok Sabha elections in the coalition but could only win five seats out of 48 parliamentary constituencies.