New Delhi: Congress is keeping NCP guessing on their pre-poll alliance in Maharashtra with no decision taken over it even on Monday during a meeting of senior party leaders chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the Capital.
"No decision on alliance with NCP has been taken," Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh, who attended the crucial meeting, said.
Currently, there are both pro- and anti-alliance views within the party with former state chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh batting strongly for no pre-poll truck with NCP.
In the meeting which lasted for an hour and attended by senior leaders of Maharashtra as well those at the Centre, the state leadership is learnt to have told the party high command that people's support to Congress has increased after the Lok Sabha election in which the party fared better than NCP.
Sonia consults senior leaders on Maharashtra poll
With the issue of alliance with NCP for Assembly polls in Maharashtra still to be decided, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday held consultations with senior party leaders including those from the state.
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, senior party leader Shivraj Patil, Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, PCC Chief Manikrao Thakre, Mumbai unit chief Kripa Shankar Singh were among the state leaders present at the hour-long deliberations.
Union Minister A K Antony, who is in charge of party affairs in Maharashtra, AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha K Rahman Khan as also AICC Secretary Mohan Prakash were present at the meeting.
The meeting is taking place amid indications that a decision on the alliance issue would be taken this week.
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