Mumbai, Nov. 11 -- The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) have come together to fight the upcoming polls to the Chandgad municipal council in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, marking a first tie-up between the two factions since a vertical split in the NCP in July 2023. The announcement was made jointly by leaders of both factions, including NCP leader and state minister Hasan Mushrif, who said the two factions will contest the polls in an alliance named Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Aghadi. "The BJP has been maintaining it would contest elections in alliance wherever it is possible but where it is not possible, the alliance partners will contest alone. In such a case, if BJP is not going to talk to NCP in Chan...