The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday sought applications from those aspiring for tickets to contest in the Maharashtra assembly polls that due in October-November this year, reported PTI.

As per the PTI report, in a statement, the state Congress unit announced that aspirants from the general category will be required to give Rs 20,000 to the party fund with the application. It added that while women and those from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories will have to give Rs 10,000.