Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Chances of an alliance between two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the upcoming local body polls have received a boost as office-bearers of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) have told their cadre that they can forge alliances with any party barring the BJP, with which it has ideological differences. Instructions to this effect were issued during the two-day meeting of the NCP (SP) women's wing which concluded on Wednesday, party insiders told Hindustan Times. "During the meeting, the party's national working president Supriya Sule said decisions on alliances have to be taken by local units. She said that except the BJP, local leaders can forge alliances with all other parties wherever they believe such pacts would be in the party's interest," a senior NCP (SP) leader who participated in the two-day meeting told HT. Sule, however, refused to confirm while speaking to reporters that such instructions had been issued during the meeting. Responding to pointed questions about discussions regarding the NCP (SP) allying with parties barring the BJP for the local body polls, she said, "There is no such discussion (in the party). But we have received several suggestions from workers who have their own views." Sule said that the NCP (SP) was keen to contest the polls as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition wherever possible. "Our desire is to contest as part of the MVA and we will prioritise the same wherever possible. But it depends on several other factors such as the views of local leaders and various permutations and combinations, as parties in the coalition may want to contest on their own," Sule said....