<span style="color: #222222;">NCP and Congress will contest 125 seats each in the upcoming Legislative Assembly election in Maharashtra.<br />'' <br />'' The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar made the announcement about the seat-sharing pact while addressing reporters in Nasik.<br />'' <br />'' He said as per the arrangement, 38 seats will be left for allies to contest. He also said that NCP will give chance to new faces in the polls.<br />'' <br />'' Our correspondent reports, the finalisation of the seat-sharing pact between the Congress and the NCP comes after many high-profile exits from both the parties, more so from the Pawar-led outfit.<br />'' <br />'' Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats. In 2014, the two parties had contested the state elections separately.<br />'' <br />''<br />''NCP had then ended the 15-year alliance after the two parties had been unable to reach a seat-sharing arrangement ahead of Assembly elections.</span>