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Mumbai Because the state heads for the politically vital native physique elections, bickering among the many ruling allies — Congress and Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP) has come to the fore.
A day after Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole accused the NCP of backstabbing, senior NCP chief and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday slammed Patole for the jibe and reminded him that the three ruling events want to grasp that they should be united to have the ability to run the state.
He mentioned that the senior leaders are anticipated to train warning whereas making statements. Pawar reminded Patole that he has left BJP to affix Congress and whether or not BJP also needs to name him a backstabber. The friction stooped to a different degree as Patole hit again and reminded Ajit Pawar, with out taking his identify, that he joined arms with the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) to kind the federal government that lasted for 72 hours again in 2019.
“I discovered his (Nana Patole) assertion laughable as everyone knows the place he was previously. Nana himself was in BJP and going by his personal logic, BJP ought to say that he backstabbed them and joined Congress. For him, the assertion appears match for grabbing headlines however the organisation’s work in accordance with their very own comfort,” the deputy chief minister mentioned whereas replying to Patole’s backstabbing remarks.
He clarified that such choices have been taken by the three ruling events together with Congress and the issue will not come up once more if there’s correct coordination amongst MVA. He additionally mentioned that the NCP chief Sharad Pawar had requested them to stay to the MVA alliance within the native physique polls however native leaders and elected representatives got exemptions in case the state of affairs is totally different on the native degree.
“For 15 years, Congress and NCP have been a part of the coalition authorities in Maharashtra. Regardless of that, we selected to contest towards one another in some districts. Such incidents shouldn’t occur and all of us have to make efforts in that path,” Pawar acknowledged, including that upcoming polls in Nandurbar and Nagpur districts have directed the native models to remain united with alliance companions however they’ve additionally been given some authority.
“If at a spot, there’s a direct contest between the 2 ruling events, then native leaders stress on contesting alone as a result of in addition they need candidature within the polls” he mentioned.
In a reply, Patole questioned NCP’s intention. “NCP has backstabbed us by getting into into an alliance with the BJP within the Bhandara, Gondia Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti president polls. It has damaged the written settlement between the MVA allies simply to come back to energy. If this isn’t backstabbing, then what’s it?” Patole mentioned.
He mentioned that Congress is combating a battle of concepts and for improvement within the nation with out worrying concerning the end result and taunted NCP for selecting BJP for energy.
Patole alleged that the NCP saved them at the hours of darkness until the tip.
“The actual fact is NCP joined arms with the BJP by protecting us at the hours of darkness. We’ve all the time adopted the alliance guidelines. We combat from the entrance, do not assault from the again. Everybody is aware of the background of the people who find themselves criticizing me and I do not want to reply to them,” he mentioned with out naming Ajit Pawar, who joined arms with the BJP and shaped a authorities headed by Devendra Fadnavis in 2019, when his uncle and senior Pawar was busy cobbling the three-party alliance together with Shiv Sena and Congress.
Nonetheless, their authorities couldn’t survive for greater than 72 hours as many of the NCP legislators from the splinter group, who pledged their assist to Ajit Pawar, went again to the NCP. Later, Ajit Pawar too returned to the social gathering.
The state Congress chief alleged that the NCP breached the settlement signed by the three events over serving to one another within the native physique polls by becoming a member of arms with BJP in Gondia Zilla Parishad elections. Patole pressured that NCP was referred to as backstabber as a result of they helped BJP to be in energy by breaching the settlement.
Senior leaders from all of the three events — Jayant Patil (NCP state chief), Subhash Desai (senior Shiv Sena chief) and Patole had signed a joint decision that they are going to assist one another win many of the ZP and panchayat Samiti polls held early this yr in Bhandara and Gondia. On Thursday, Congress shared the copy of the decision signed on January 30, 2022, quickly after Ajit Pawar countered Patole’s allegation.
On the Gondia ZP elections, BJP’s Pankaj Rahangdale was elected because the president, whereas NCP’s Yashwant Ganvir turned the vice-president. The battle began with Gondia ZP polls might pressure relations between the previous allies.
This yr, the state is anticipating elections in 23 municipal companies together with Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Navi Mumbai, Kolhapur; 27 district councils, 298 panchayat samitis, 320 nagar panchayats and nagar councils.
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