"All Nominations Done, Ready To Fight Today": Congress On Maharashtra Poll
NDTV
Over the last two years, Maharashtra has been rocked by political turmoil - highlighted the Shiv Sena split and subsequent collapse of the MVA government,
The Maha Vikas Aghadi has completed nominations for all 288 seats for next month's Maharashtra election, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said Wednesday amid speculation of confusion within the alliance over the division of seats.
However, addressing reporters with Nana Patole (the Congress' state unit boss) and senior leader Varsha Gaikwad and Naseem Khan at his side, Mr Chennithala declared, "We are ready to fight this election today."
On Tuesday - as the clock ticked past the deadline for nominations - it appeared the opposition MVA alliance, which consists of the Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, and the Nationalist Congress Party bloc led by Sharad Pawar - had not formally named candidates for 11 seats.
