Maratha leader Pravin Gaikwad joins Congress

Mumbai: Maratha leader Pravin Gaikwad on Saturday joined Congress party in the presence of senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, Maharashtra Congress unit president Ashok Chavan and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal.

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As per the seat-sharing arrangement, the Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are fighting on 24 and 20 seats respectively.

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Their other allies--Bahujan Vikas Aghadi will contest one seat, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana two seats and Yuva Swabhimani Paksha one seat.

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Maharashtra will go to polls in the first four phases, beginning April 11. Results of the polls will be declared on May 23.

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