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The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest on 125 seats in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election, announced NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Nashik, he also informed that 34 seats will be given to parties involved in other coalitions. "I have visited Pakistan and received their hospitality...It is a misplaced fact that people in Pakistan are unhappy. However, the present government has been spreading lies about Pakistan for their own political benefits," Pawar said. The NCP chief made the statement while addressing a special event for minorities at NCP headquarters in Mumbai..