NCP to fight Goa assembly polls with 'Cong, other like-minded parties'

Panaji (Goa), Jan. 21 -- : National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said his party intends to fight the upcoming Goa Legislative Assembly election in alliance with Congress and other like-minded political parties.

While speaking to reporters in Panaji, Pawar said the NCP wants to fight the Goa Legislative Assembly election "as a front" along with other parties.

"In Goa, we want to contest the election in alliance with Congress and other like-minded parties but we are yet to start the dialogues with other political outfits," the NCP chief said, without naming other parties in the state.

Pawar, who is on his Goa trip, met local NCP leadership including party's Goa President Jose Philip D'Souza and lone MLA in Goa Assem...