PUNE: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday snubbed Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) over an editorial within the social gathering mouthpiece Saamana and stated leaders groomed by him had already proved their mettle in state politics and that everyone in NCP is aware of tips on how to take the social gathering ahead. Pawar’s feedback got here a day after an editorial within the Marathi publication stated Pawar has didn’t create a successor who might take his social gathering ahead.
The editorial was primarily based on Pawar’s current resolution to step down as NCP president, which he withdrew after three days after it prompted consternation amongst social gathering leaders and employees. Notably, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) is among the three constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) together with the NCP and Congress.
“We do not attach any importance if someone is writing about whether we create new leadership or not. It is their prerogative (to write), but we ignore it. We know what we are doing, and we are satisfied with it,” Pawar instructed reporters in Satara. “They ( Shiv Sena-UBT) do not know what we have done. It is our speciality that in NCP, we all work as colleagues and dwell upon various issues. At times, different opinions emerge (among us) but we do not go out and make them public. It is our family issue. Everybody in NCP knows how to take the party forward, and they know how the new leadership has been groomed in the party,” he stated.
Pawar referred to the Congress and the NCP coming to energy in Maharashtra in 1999 and the way first-time inductee ministers from NCP proved their mettle. “In that cabinet, Jayant Patil, Ajit Pawar, Dilip Walse Patil, R R Patil, and others became ministers from NCP. It was their first term in power. As far as I am concerned, I worked as a minister of state when I started, and after working as a junior minister, I was promoted. “But the names recommended by me have been inducted as cupboard ministers at the moment. And Maharashtra witnessed how NCP ministers proved themselves via their work,” he stated.
Responding to a question on whether or not the criticism by MVA constituents will have an effect on the prospects of the tripartite coalition, Pawar replied within the adverse. “This will not affect MVA as differences occur among allies. It is not the case in national politics that two allies will have a 100 per cent agreement on any issue. Sometimes, there is a difference of opinion, but we do not have any misunderstanding and it will not have any impact on MVA,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Pawar additionally hit out at Congress chief and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan over his reported assertion calling NCP a “B team of BJP” in Karnataka, by questioning his stature in Indian National Congress. “He (Chavan) should check his stature in his own party…Whether it is A, B, C or D. Any colleague from his party would tell you in private,” the NCP chief stated.
On the rationale behind fielding candidates in Karnataka polls, he stated the NCP wished to broaden the social gathering base starting from Karnataka. “We did not hold any discussions with Congress or other allies in Karnataka because we wanted to start from scratch,” he stated. “The reason why we did not hold any discussions with the Congress was that the NCP wanted to start from scratch in the southern state. When there is an alliance with another party, it is imperative to provide strength to that party. But, as we were starting new, it was not possible to give the assurance that we would be able to provide strength if we go with them,” he stated.
Pawar stated his social gathering is contesting restricted seats in Karnataka and making certain that it’ll not adversely have an effect on the Congress’s prospects. Queried about slogans like “Bajrang Bali ki Jai” raised by PM Modi and different leaders throughout the campaigning for Karnataka polls, Pawar claimed searching for votes within the title of caste and faith is the breach of the oath an elected consultant takes, as secularism and democracy are key phrases within the pledge.
“I am surprised that the country’s prime minister projects such stand before the people. You (the government) should tell me what you have done in the last five years as you held power. Everywhere people talk about 40 per cent commission,” he stated concentrating on BJP. Notably, the Congress lately stated the folks of Karnataka will assure the top of the “BJP’s 40 per cent fee sarkar on May 10, the polling day.
