MUMBAI: A crucial meeting – actually the third round of meetings between Mumbai NCP leaders Nawab Malik, Sana Malik and Zeeshan Siddiqui, led by state party president and MP Sunil Tatkare concluded on Thursday. The meeting focused on identifying and finalising candidates and assessing the party’s ability and preparedness to go solo in Mumbai.
With talks over a possible reunion of the two factions (Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar) of the Nationalist Congress Party in Pune for the Maharasthra polls have been put on the back burner for now, the Ajit Pawar unit has begun preparations to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections independently and several meetings have been held in the past few days.
“We are preparing to contest around 60 seats, though we are awaiting a final nod from the party leadership,” said NCP MLA Sana Malik, when speaking to the press.
She confirmed that interviews with interested candidates are underway and a shortlist of candidates with local connect in the wards has already been prepared.
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