New Delhi, July 09: In an apparent bid to give pinpricks to major ally Congress, the NCP today announced that it will form a secular democratic front in poll-bound states like Kerala and Assam.
But the NCP tied itself up in knots when it said it will protest against the Union government of which its leader Sharad Pawar is a part.
“We would like to be with the Congress but Congress does not want us to be with them…. If Congress does not give us space, we will try to find our own space,” NCP General Secretary D P Tripathi told reporters here.
He said the NCP will forge an alliance of secular and democratic parties in various states, particularly in Kerala and Assam, where elections are due next year.
–Agencies