New Delhi: Congress is keeping NCP guessing on their pre-poll alliance in Maharashtra with no decision taken over it even today during a meeting of senior party leaders chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi here.
"No decision on alliance with NCP has been taken," Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh, who attended the crucial meeting said.
Currently, there are both pro- and anti-alliance views within the party with former state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh batting strongly for no pre-poll truck with NCP.
In the meeting which lasted for an hour and attended by senior leaders of Maharashtra as well those at the Centre, the state leadership is learnt to have told the party high command that people`s support to Congress has increased after the Lok Sabha election in which the party fared better than NCP.
"The party high command took views of the state leadership and also listened to the views of central leaders. State leaders were confident of support of people to the party in the election and they apprised the high command of their opinion," a party leader said on condition of anonymity.
He added that there is a general perception in the party that Congress has got stronger in Maharashtra after the Lok Sabha polls. The leader gave enough hints that the party may be looking for a bigger pie of the total 288 Assembly seats.
During the meeting, Gandhi is learnt to have directed those partymen assigned with organisational tasks for the state to finish incomplete works after which another meeting will be held next week to finalise strategy for the upcoming Assembly poll.
Bureau Report
