India, Oct. 14 -- Congress workers are keen to contest the upcoming local body elections on their own steam but a final call is yet to be taken. This was stated by Ramesh Chennithala, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Maharashtra, on Monday.

Chennithala was in Mumbai to attend political affairs committee meetings of the Congress's state and Mumbai units. He was also non-committal on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) joining the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition. Questions on this are being raised as MNS chief Raj Thackeray will team up with an MVA-led delegation that will meet chief electoral officer of Maharashtra, S Chokalingam, on Tuesday. The delegation will meet Chokalingam on alleged vote theft through the voters'...