Pune: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday mentioned he has clarified his stand on the Election Commission’s choice to recognise the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual ‘Shiv Sena’ and allocation of the ‘bow and arrow’ ballot image to it, and won’t become involved in the controversy over it. In its choice on Friday, the EC allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to retain the identify Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the ‘flaming torch’ ballot image, given to it in an interim order in October final yr, until the conclusion of the upcoming Assembly bypolls in the state.
Uddhav Thackeray had mentioned the EC’s order was “dangerous for democracy” and he would problem it in the Supreme Court. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had described the EC’s choice because the victory of fact and folks.
Pawar on Friday mentioned the lack of `bow and arrow’ won’t make any distinction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction as folks will settle for its new ballot image.
To a question from reporters over the difficulty on Sunday, the NCP chief, who was in Pune’s Baramati city, mentioned, “I do not want to get involved in the controversy regarding the name and symbol given to Eknath Shinde. I have already clarified my stand on the same two days back.”
Asked about Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s go to to Pune, Pawar mentioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief was right here for the Sahkar Maha Conclave.
“I was present at the opening ceremony of the event. There were talks about policies and issues in the field of cooperation (sahkar). There is no difference between us. I found his points were correctly mentioned during his speech,” Pawar mentioned.
Speaking on the Sahkar Maha Conclave on Banking and Sugar Industry organised by media group Sakal, Shah on Saturday mentioned the cooperative sector in the nation wants to introspect to enhance its techniques, and would obtain full assist from the Centre in this train.
Shah, who’s the nation’s first Union Cooperation minister moreover being the minister for Home Affairs, had additionally pointed to the drop in the variety of cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra and rise in the variety of non-public ones.
