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.
A delegation of the Mumbai Congress led by president Varsha Gaikwad, included Congress MLAs like Amin Patel, Aslam Sheikh and Jyoti Gaikwad reached Pawar's residence, in the presence of Sharad Pawar's daughter and NCP's Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule.
The Deputy CM also said that his son has not been named in any First Information Report (FIR) so far, “because only those who signed the registration documents were booked”.
Pawar's instruction will automatically mean that alliances can be struck even with the NCP, which is led by his nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, sources said on Thursday.
MNS founder Raj Thackeray, who travelled by local train from Dadar to Churchgate, was the first politician to speak from a temporary podium constructed near the BMC headquarters.
The protest rally called ‘Satyacha Morcha’ (Rally for Truth), will highlight the alleged inclusion of nearly 96 lakh fake voters across Maharashtra State Election Commission.
