State NCP Chief Sunil Tatkare told PTI that Shekhar Gore has been nominated to contest Sangli-Satara local bodies seat, while Rajendra Jain (Bhandara-Gondia) and Anil Bhosale (Pune local bodies) have been retained.
Tatkare said candidates for the remaining three seats -- Yavatmal, Jalgaon and Nanded -- would be announced later in the day.
When asked about alliance with Congress, he said, "Ball is in the court of the Congress."
NCP's decision has virtually ended the chances of Congress-NCP aligning for the biennial elections to six seats from the local bodies.
Congress has a sitting member from the Nanded local bodies, while Jalgaon is with the BJP.
Leaders of the two parties had held two rounds of meetings to finalise the seat adjustments after agreeing in principle to contest the polls in an alliance.
The notification for the polls was issued on October 26. The process of filing of nomination will end tomorrow and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is November 5.
Counting of votes will be taken up on November 22.
"Out of the six seats, where elections are scheduled, NCP has 4 sitting members while Congress and BJP has one each. It is unacceptable to us that NCP will contest four and asks us to contest one or two seats. Decisions taken six years ago can't be followed now," sources said.
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Even though Congress has not officially announced its
candidates, Mohan Kadam, brother of senior party leader Patangrao Kadam, has filed his papers for Sangli-Satara local bodies seat, according to sources.
Party sources said the candidates will be officially announced if the alliance with NCP does not materialise.