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Sharad Pawar and Rahul Gandhi. (photo: ANI)
The Congress has now emerged as the largest opposition party in Maharashtra. The meeting was attended by party chairman Karg and former president Rahul Gandhi
Senior Congress party leaders from Maharashtra on Tuesday held a meeting with the party leadership here to discuss the political situation in the state in the wake of the split in the National Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar.
The Congress has now emerged as the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and has claimed the position of Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.
The deliberations come after a faction of the National Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar moved into alliance with the National Democratic Assembly.
Congress leaders discuss the implications of the NCP split and how it will affect the party’s prospects in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting was attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharj and former party chief Rahul Gandhi during the meeting at AICC headquarters here.
The meeting was also attended by H.K. Patel, in charge of the American Islamic Relations Commission in Maharashtra, and the party’s chief, Nana Patol, along with senior party leaders Sushilkumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan.
The National Congress Party, founded by Sharad Pawar in 1999, has seen a split recently with Ajit Pawar joining the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government in Maharashtra.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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