Sharad Pawar’s party to join NDA but tussle continues for Maha Finance Ministry
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is all set to join the BJP-led Maharashtra cabinet and the NDA Union cabinet in a few days, sources said here on Friday.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is all set to join the BJP-led Maharashtra cabinet and the NDA Union cabinet in a few days, sources said here on Friday.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said that Sharad Pawar and his NCP would be welcome in the NDA, if he joins the BJP-led ruling alliance.
The NCP-SP leader dismissed reports regarding her party's stance on the delimitation bill as "incorrect and based solely on speculation."
The NCP (SP) and the Congress are part of the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra as well as the INDIA bloc at the national level.
A meeting inside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan has sparked fresh tensions within the opposition alliance. Sanjay Raut has openly questioned Sharad Pawar's political decision.
. The editorial also claimed the decision was part of a broader agenda to prevent a merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and to ensure political continuity under the current power structure.
Many NCP leaders have said that it was Ajit Dada's (last) wish to reunite the two party factions, one of them headed by him and the other by his uncle Sharad Pawar.
There is also speculation that Ajit Pawar's wife, Suntera Pawar, could become the party chief as well as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister.
These are difficult times for both Ajit Pawar’s NCP and his uncle Sharad Pawar’s rival faction the NCP (SP)
The tragedy struck when final touches were about to be given to this transition, and Ajit Pawar left for Baramati to address a zilla parishad election campaign early Wednesday morning, NCP sources said.
