‘Will Trump kidnap our PM’: Prithviraj Chavan sparks row; BJP hits back
His remarks suggesting a Venezuela-like operation in India prompted a scathing response from the BJP.
His remarks suggesting a Venezuela-like operation in India prompted a scathing response from the BJP.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has criticised veteran Congressman and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's statement that Pakistan succeeded in gaining the upper hand against Indian armed forces during 'Operation Sindoor'.
Prithviraj Chavan has refused to apologise for his Operation Sindoor remarks, triggering a sharp BJP backlash accusing the Congress of undermining the armed forces.
Significantly, Fadnavis chose to react after former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan repeated his claim that a "Marathi man" will become the new Prime Minister of India after a "political earthquake" after December 19, speaking to media persons at a book release function at Pimpri Chinchwad on Monday.
Tweeting about the matter on his X handle, Chavan tagged the official X handles of the Maharashtra Congress, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The Congress leader pointed out in his letter that Indian fliers had to cancel their air tickets after the announcement of the nationwide lockdown from March 24-25 midnight and were therefore entitled to cash refunds but the airlines were instead handing out vouchers for future travels, which is 'illegal'.
'Today we had a fruitful meeting between the Congress, NCP, and Shiv Sena. We reached many conclusions but the talks will continue tomorrow as well,' said Congress leader Shivraj Chavan.
'After discussions are completed and agreed on all points, the media will be briefed on the architecture of the alliance,' Prithviraj Chavan said.
Pawar is the president of the NCP while Chavan is a former chief minister of the Congress.
In its report the news channel said that the Maharashtra government had on 30 October 2014 issued a circular which stated that there was no need for a renewal of fire approval initially given to industries and corporate houses.
