The State Congress on Friday remained non-committal on its stand in the hung Mumbai civic body, but said the Shiv Sena, which emerged as the number one party after the BMC election, and the BJP should first decide whether they were still together. State Congress chief Ashok Chavan also said NCP and Congress would support each other in the Zilla Parishads.
He said, “Congress is waiting and watching the developments. We are nowhere in the picture as these two can join and choose the Mayor. Let the Sena quit the State government first; only then we can talk about supporting it,” he said, while talking to reporters after a meeting with senior party leaders to analyse the poor polls performance.
The Sena won 84 seats while its estranged ally BJP won 82 in the elections to the 227-member BMC. Congress, with 31 seats, was a distant third. When asked by reporters on what the Congress’ stand in Mayoral election would be, Mr. Chavan said, “It is up to Sena and BJP who are partners in the State government to decide whether they are together after the elections in Mumbai.”
