Pune, Dec. 29 -- With no response forthcoming from the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) on alliance talks, the Shiv Sena (Thackeray) and the Congress on Monday announced their alliance for the upcoming municipal elections.
The announcement was made at a joint press conference by Congress Legislative Council group leader Satej Patil and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sachin Ahir.
Following the collapse of talks on bringing both NCP factions together for the civic polls-primarily due to disagreements over the election symbol-discussions were underway to realign the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
However, after leaders of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) abruptly withdrew from these talks over the past day, it became clear that the two NCP factions are likely to...