The party is determined to wrest Asia's largest civic body from the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which has ruled it for the last 15 years.
In an attempt to bring the warring factions of Mumbai Congress together, the party has included former Union ministers Gurudas Kamat and Murli Deora in the committee to discuss seat sharing with the NCP for the crucial civic elections to be held in February.
Factions led by Kamat and Deora, both former city presidents and the current city chief Kripashankar Singh have been at loggerheads for long.
The party is determined to wrest Asia's largest civic body from the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which has ruled it for the last 15 years and wants to ensure that factionalism is not an hurdle in achieving its goal, party sources said.
The Congress panel for Mumbai comprises city unit chief Kripashankar Singh, leader of opposition in the civic body Rajhans Singh, Industries Minister Narayan Rane, Women and Child development minister Varsha Gaikwad, Textiles Minister Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan, Murli Deora and Gurudas Kamat.
Kamat is also member of the state committee that will decide seat sharing with NCP for ten municipal corporations, the elections for which will also be held in February.
The state committee is made of Chief Minister Prithvraj Chavan, MPCC president Manikrao Thakre, Kripashankar SIngh, Industries Minister Narayan Rane and Forest minister Patangrao Kadam.
The NCP has also formed similar committees. It's state committee includes Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, state president Madhukar Pichad, PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Home Minister RR Patil and Rural development Minister Jayant Patil.
Apart from Mumbai, elections will be held for Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Ulhasnagar, Nashik and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations.
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