Even as the tussle over seat sharing continues between Congress and NCP, the ruling coalition partners, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has invited applications from those interested in contesting the assembly elections.
A letter to this effect has been dispatched by the MPCC to all the district unit offices.
MPCC spokesman Sachin Sawant said the forms will be available with the party's district unit offices and the aspiring candidates have to fill it and submit to the state unit headquarters at Tilak Bhavan here before August 11.
Assembly elections in the state are scheduled later this year. NCP has been demanding equal seat sharing in the 288 member legislative assembly elections, while the Congress has rejected the demand.
NCP president Sharad Pawar had told his state leaders that the seat sharing formula would be decided by him and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Congress had contested 174 and NCP 114 seats in 2009. Congress sources say the party would yield maximum ten more seats to the NCP, but equal sharing was ruled out.
Meanwhile in Osmanabad, state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar reiterated their stand that the party should get more seats for the assembly polls.
