Goa Elections: Shiv Sena, NCP to contest polls in alliance, seat-sharing talks on January 18
Categories: Election 2022
Ahead of Goa assembly polls slated for February 14, the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party have decided to form an alliance with Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday. Speaking to news agency ANI, Raut said, "Shiv Sena and NCP will contest together in Goa assembly elections. There will be a discussion on seat sharing on January 18. NCP's senior leader Praful Patel will discuss the seat-sharing formula in Goa on January 18. Only after that, it will be clear who will contest on how many seats." "Political dynamics are different in Maharashtra and Goa. NCP, Shiv Sena, Congress are in alliance in Maharashtra. However, at the moment Congress has decided to contest alone without forming an alliance with any other party in the state," he further added. NCP will contest the Uttar Pradesh polls in an alliance with the Samajwadi Party. After this announcement, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday had said that NCP should join hands with the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party also in the big fight to save Uttar Pradesh. He did not comment much on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to contest from Gorakhpur. Meanwhile, elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10.