Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar reaches party office

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reaches party office in Mumbai. Sharad Pawar will take a call on the number of seats on which his party will contest in the Karnataka Assembly elections.

Sharad Pawar-led NCP  is planning to contest 40-45 seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections where the BJP, Congress and the JD(S) are locked in a triangular contest.

NCP had written to the Election Commission for allocation of the 'alarm clock' symbol for the Karnataka Assembly elections, a request that was acceded to by the poll authority.

NCP leaders said that the party was planning to put up candidates on at least 40-45 of the total 224 seats, across the state and extend support to the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary region which is home to a sizeable Marathi-speaking population.

#WATCH | NCP chief Sharad Pawar reaches party office in Mumbai.

Sharad Pawar will take a call on the number of seats on which his party will contest in the Karnataka Assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/dBpOd7kqDc

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