India, Dec. 29 -- The two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions on Monday announced their alliance for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, a day after saying they would jointly contest the civic polls in adjoining Pimpri-Chinchwad.

The move came as the NCP - Sharadchandra Pawar, or NCP - SP, skipped a meeting of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi for seat-sharing talks for the PMC polls on Sunday, and prompted Congress to signal readiness to contest the elections independently as nomination deadlines neared.

The tie-up of the NCP factions for the civic polls will be their first since they split in 2023 when Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar rebelled against his uncle, Sharad Pawar. The two leaders shared the sta...