After the resounding success of Grand Alliance in Bihar, Maharashtra NCP today said that it proposes to contest the upcoming biennial Legislative Council and local bodies polls in alliance with the Congress.

State NCP President Sunil Tatkare told reporters here that party chief Sharad Pawar had asked the state leaders to forge an alliance with Congress and other like-minded parties to put up a fight against BJP-led state government. He said preliminary round of talk for an alliance with the Congress for the Legislative Council polls from eight local self government bodies, which are scheduled for next month, has taken place.