<p>NCP MLA Nilesh Lanke on Friday said he was quitting the Maharashtra Assembly to contest from the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat on a Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) ticket.</p>
<p>Lanke, legislator from Parner there, was earlier with Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party but had recently met opposition stalwart Sharad Pawar.</p>
<p>Lanke is likely to get a ticket from the Sharad Pawar faction to contest against Ahmednagar's sitting BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil.</p>
<p>"Today, I am announcing my decision to quit as MLA. I apologise to you all. I am resigning because I don't want someone to question us tomorrow. I don't want someone to drag us to court," he told a gathering of party workers while showing them his resignation letter addressed to the assembly speaker.</p>
<p>"I have taken the decision to contest Lok Sabha polls under the leadership of Sharad Pawar. My resignation letter will be sent by email (to the speaker)," he added.&nbsp;</p>
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