2019 LS polls: Cong-NCP announces Maharashtra seat-sharing

New Delhi: Maharashtra Congress Chief Ashok Chavan on Saturday announced seat-sharing pact for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra for Congress, NCP and other alliance parties.

''Congress would contest on  24 seats,  NCP on 20 seats, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi on 1 seat, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana on 2 seats, Yuva Swabhimani Paksha on 1 seat'', said Ashok Chavan.

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said that Congress and NCP would carry out election campaigns jointly but would release separate manifestos.

In a major setback, earlier in the day, NCP's state unit vice president Bharti Pawar and Congress leader Pravin Chheda joined the BJP.

Maharashtra will have polling in three phases.

The polling dates are April 10, 17 and 24.