Chavan Rules Out Any Truck With MNS

Ruling out the possibility of post-poll alliance with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said an increase in the vote share of Raj Thackeray-led party would help the Congress-NCP combine in the February 16 Mumbai civic polls.

In 2007 election, Congress and NCP could have got as many as 132 of the 227 seats in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had they contested jointly, Chavan said, talking to reporters here.

As to the `MNS factor', Chavan said, "I think there is a space for the so called Shiv Sena-like mindset. A more finer division of votes between MNS and Sena will help us."


From: http://ping.fm/5gOc9