Mumbai: Congress party has begun shortlisting candidates aspiring for party's nomination for the October 13 assembly
elections in Maharashtra. Congress party, which is running a coalition government
with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra for the second term in a
row, is yet to sort out hiccups on seat sharing with its ally. As the days for
nominations to open on September 18 draws close, state Congress party leaders
went in a huddle in Mumbai to screen aspirants seeking 'ticket' to contest polls
on the party symbol. "I have given my profile, I have told about major problems
in our area including drinking water and irrigation and people do not get benefited
from the policies of the government," said Anil Chandra Kumar Gupta, an aspirant
from Tiroda seat of Gondia district. Congress party, which also heads the central
coalition, is on a high after its good performance in the April-May general elections.
