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Congress-NCP negotiations settled, new Maharashtra Govt to take oath on Saturday | The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday reached a broad understanding on the portfolio allocation in Maharashtra. Union Defence Minister
A K Antony, who is in-charge of party affairs in Maharashtra, announced this after
a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi. NCP's negotiator Praful Patel
said that both the parties have cleared the portfolio issues. The Congress-NCP
alliance will stake claim to form the government on Friday and new government
will take oath on Saturday, he added. This should put an end to the uncertainty
that has prevailed since the declaration of the results on October 22. Ahmed Patel
from the Congress and Praful Patel from the NCP were engaged in talks in New Delhi
until late Wednesday night discussing the deal and waiting for the nod from the
Congress high command. A day after Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir issued an ultimatum
to the Congress-NCP combine; Chief Minister-designate Ashok Chavan had stated
that a Government would be formed in the state in 48 hours. |
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