In afternoon, senior leaders from both the parties discussed the possible tie-up and seat-sharing for the biennial elections for total eight seats.
"No decision (on alliance) has been taken yet. We expect to finalise the tie-up by December 2, the date of issuance of notification for the polls. Congress' strength in all eight seats is more than NCP. We are open to discussions and are hopeful of a positive outcome," state unit Congress president Ashok Chavan told reporters.
According to a Congress leader, the party wants the Solapur local bodies seat while the NCP, which is currently holding the seat being represented by MLC Deepak Salunke, is firm on retaining it.
"We have 125 votes while the NCP has 90 votes in Solapur," the leader said.
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The outgoing members are Rajendra Mulak, Gopikisan Bajoriya, Deepak Salunke, Mahadeo Mahadik, Arin Jagtap, Amrish Patel, Ramdas Kadam and Bhai Jagtap respectively.
Congress currently represents Kolhapur, Dhule-Nandurbar, Nagpur and a seat in Mumbai while the NCP has Solapur and Ahmednagar (NCP-backed Independent).
The election for 8 MLC seats, which are to be filled by January 1, 2016, will be held on December 27.
"We discussed at length but have not yet come to any conclusion. We are meeting again on December 2 to finalise (talks). But, we have decided in-principle to have a pre-poll alliance," he said.