Sharad Pawar: 'Shinde can present Congress' views but not NCP's'

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Shar Pawar on Wednesday lashed out at Indian National Congress (INC) senior leer Sushil Kumar Shinde. Pawar lashed out at Shinde for suggesting that INC and NCP will integrate into one in future. Pawar furr said that it is only Shinde’s sole discretion to make a decision and speak about his party’s future.

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'I am national president of NCP'

Pawar, while dressing media persons at a press conference in city of Balapur in Akola, said, “Congress and NCP are working toger in an alliance in state. Sushil Kumar Shinde can present Congress's views but t of NCP. I am national president of NCP and body kws status of my party better than me.” NCP supremo was reacting to comments me by Shinde in a rally earlier on Tuesday wherein Shinde h stated that INC and NCP will unify in future. Shinde me comments at a campaign rally for an NCP candidate here, ahe of upcoming Assembly polls in state. 

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'se parties will come closer'

According to reports, Shinde h stated that "ultimately, Congress and NCP, even if se two parties are separate, I tell you from this st that se parties will come closer in near future and Congress will be unified." 

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Maharashtra polls on October 21

Maharashtra, which has 288 Assembly seats, will go to polls on October 21, 2019. Maharashtra assembly elections will be held in a single-phase and counting procedure would be conducted on October 24. Election Commission chief Sunil Arora also anunced that last date of mination is on October 4. Arora also informed that parties in Maharashtra h wanted polls to be concluded by Dhanteras.

schedule: 

• Issue of tification for both states (Haryana and Maharashtra) - 27 September
• last date of mination - 4 October
• Scrutiny of mination -5 October
• Withdrawal of mination- 7 October
• Polling date for both states - 21 October (Single phase)
• Counting of votes - 24 October

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(Inputs from ANI)