MVA alliance for 5 years, not permanent fixture: Congress' Nana Patole

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said the alliance with Shiv Sena is not a permanent fixture. His remark comes after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said people would "beat with footwear" those who only talk about contesting polls alone without offering solutions to people's problems.

The three-party MVA alliance, comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, was formed in Maharashtra for five years and is not a permanent fixture, state Congress president Nana Patole has said. His remarks came after Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said people would "beat with footwear" those who only talk about contesting polls alone without offering solutions to people's problems. Talking to reporters here, Patole said there was no clarity in Thackeray's speech about who he was referring to. Even the BJP has spoken of contesting elections independently, Patole said, noting that previously all the four parties - Congress, NCP, BJP and Shiv Sena - had contested local bodies and Assembly polls independently.