Congress, NCP plan to take on Maha govt on its 1st anniversary

Opposition Congress and NCP in Maharashtra will be organising statewide meetings to highlight 'failures' of BJP-led government which completes a year in office this month-end.
Both parties today held separate meetings to chalk out strategy to take on the BJP-Shiv Sena government.
Congress Legislature Party, at a meeting here, slammed the government for trying to take the credit for Ambedkar memorial in Mumbai, 'bhumi pujan' for which will be done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11.
Congress would be organising district-wise meetings to highlight how Congress-led governments had conceptualised the project and did the groundwork for it, said a party leader.

The party would publish a chronology of steps taken by Congress Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan with regard to the project.
The party leaders at the meeting also stressed the need to forcefully voice people's "anger" against the government.

One of the leaders said the party needed to focus on building the organisation at Nagar Panchayat level because these are now included in local self-government bodies which have representation in the state Legislative Council.
In a separate meeting, NCP president Sharad Pawar discussed the political situation in the state with senior party leaders.
A week-long programme will be held to highlight the government's "failures" with a two-day meeting in Mumbai from October 29, an NCP leader said.