New Delhi: Amid a standoff over the allocation of portfolios in Maharashtra, senior NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel arrived within the nationwide capital on Wednesday night for a gathering with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and high BJP leaders. Talking to reporters, Patel, the working president of the Nationalist Congress Party, dismissed recommendations a few rift within the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance in Maharashtra and asserted that the problem in regards to the allocation of portfolios has been sorted out and can be allotted in a day or two.
In a shock growth on July 2, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP break up as his nephew Ajit Pawar and virtually three dozen MLAs joined the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. Ajit Pawar and eight different NCP leaders had been sworn in as ministers.
“Do not read too much into our meetings here. It is just a courtesy call to senior BJP leaders. Ajit dada and myself have not had a formal meeting with the top BJP leadership. We will be meeting Home Minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders here,” Patel stated.
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Patel stated he and Ajit Pawar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 18 when a gathering of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents has been convened by the BJP.
He asserted that the problem of allocation of portfolios was sorted out throughout two late-night conferences between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, and himself on Monday and Tuesday.”The allocation of portfolios will happen in a day or two,” Patel stated.
Patel stated the NCP has not sought any share within the Union Council of Ministers. “We have not made any demand for a central ministry,” Patel stated when requested whether or not the NCP would be part of the Union authorities.
Asked in regards to the delay within the allocation of portfolios in Maharashtra, Patel stated after becoming a member of the federal government the NCP had not broached the subject with its alliance companions for 4 to 5 days. “We took up the issue only a couple of days back. We have had three meetings,” he stated referring to the late-night conferences on Monday and Tuesday.
Patel stated there could be some points within the allocation of portfolios as the identical had been distributed by the BJP and Shiv Sena after they shaped the federal government final yr. “Now each of them will have to give up some portfolios to accommodate us,” he stated. Patel parried questions on the prized finance portfolio that Ajit Pawar is learnt to be eager on having. “The picture will be clear in a day or two,” he stated.
Besides Patel and Ajit Pawar, senior NCP chief Hasan Mushrif can also be within the nationwide capital. However, Patel stated Mushrif is right here for some private work and won’t be part of him and Ajit Pawar on the assembly with the BJP leaders.
