NCP plans to field 40-45 candidates in Karnataka elections

New Delhi: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is planning to contest 40-45 seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections where the BJP, Congress and the JD(S) are locked in a triangular contest.

Pawar has summoned a meeting of party leaders



in Mumbai on Saturday to finalise its plans for the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled for May 10.

"We are meeting in Mumbai tomorrow to finalise our plans for the Karnataka elections," Pawar said here.