India, March 15 -- Zeeshan Siddique, former NCP MLA who was defeated in the recently held state assembly elections, is likely to get rehabilitated. The NCP leadership is contemplating fielding him for the upcoming legislative council elections slated on March 27. His name was discussed in the core committee meeting of the party held on Wednesday evening.

Five MLCs resigned from their position, as they were elected as MLAs in the state assembly election held in November last year. They were the NCP's Rajesh Vitekar, the Shiv Sena's Amshya Padvi and the BJP's Pravin Datke, Ramesh Karad and Gopichand Padalkar. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has declared a by-election for the five seats, and the last date for filing the nomination is...