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Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Ganesh Naik to fight with NCP support
Express News Service
MUMBAI, August 17: Shiv Sena rebel and former minister in the alliance government, Ganesh Naik, will fight from the Belapur Assembly constituency on the NCP symbol, but not as its candidate. He will be supported by the party.With this and five other names declared today, NCP has announced candidates for 191 of the 288 Assembly seats. Many of the remaining are still being discussed with the allies, Ramdas Athawale's RPI, Samajwadi Party and possibly Janata Dal. NCP's Gurunath Kulkarni came down heavily on Congress leader Murli Deora for his statement that NCP was helping the Sena-BJP by splitting the secular vote. ``Since when has Murli Deora become secular? He became Mumbai's mayor with the blessings of Bal Thackeray. He has never once spoken against the Sena in the last four-and-a-half years," he said. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

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