New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, met on Thursday to discuss the issue of Maharashtra alliance with Shiv Sena and sources say that the CWC has given its go-ahead to the deal.
After the working committee met state In-charge Mallikarjun Kharge said: “We have informed the CWC about our parleys with NCP.”
The three parties were scheduled to meet on Friday and announce the formation of the alliance in Mumbai.
On Wednesday, the Congress-NCP had a marathon meeting of five hours which ended around midnight and a Common Minimum Programm was agreed upon with Shiv Sena leaders over the phone.
Source: IANS