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On the INDIA alliance, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar said: “Mayawati has kept her doors open for the BJP, so unless we get clarity, it will not be possible to think about the BSP. If Akali Dal wants, they can join us, but it will not be easy with AAP and Congress."
A Common Minimum Programme and a dialogue about seat sharing may figure in the agenda of the third meeting of the united Opposition bloc INDIA, its leaders have indicated ahead of the two-day meet that begins in Mumbai tomorrow.