Pune, Nov 15 (PTI) NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said local leaders will decide on whether to ally with the NCP, headed by his nephew and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, for the local body polls in Maharashtra, indicating a turnaround in strained ties after a bitter split in 2023.

The NCP (SP) and the Nationalist Congress Party have already decided to jointly contest the elections to the Chandgad municipal council in Kolhapur district.

Notably, the NCP and the NCP (SP) are key constituents of the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition MVA groupings, respectively.

Maharashtra is witnessing new permutations and combinations ahead of the local body polls, blurring the line of ideologies between traditional ruling and opposition alliances.

Parties are typically keen to control local bodies, wh

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