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Maharashtra could witness dramatic political developments after Sunday's crucial Zilla Parishad elections with the ruling Congress under increasing pressure to review its alliance with the NCP in a bid to marginalise its leader Sharad Pawar politically.
Soon after the ZP election, the Congress leadership is set to review its tie-up with the NCP, which finished fourth in the just concluded civic elections in the state, a senior Congress leader said.
"We are not saying anything at the moment as we are busy with the ZP election," AICC treasurer Motilal Vora said.
The civic elections had witnessed bitter acrimony between the two parties with the NCP attacking Congress president Sonia Gandhi while several Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh considered soft towards the NCP leader, assailing him strongly.
Deshmukh has also issued a veiled warning to the NCP by declaring that the Congress was ready to face mid-term elections in the state.
However, in what could be an effort to cool tempers on both sides, state party president Govindrao Adik recently said in Mumbai that the Congress would not allow the Democratic Front government to fall and dismissed the acrimonious exchanges as 'a few instances of tongue lashing' in the heat of election campaigns.
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