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.
NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Monday questioned the central government’s “neutral” stance about events in the Gaza strip, and said India’s present stance of 'neutrality' is not in line with its traditional position.
Pawar pointed out that US interference in matters regarding Kashmir and the ceasefire with Pakistan are violations of the Simla agreement signed by former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and then Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1972.
Veteran Maharashtra politician and founder of the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar said here that he "would not be surprised" if both factions of the NCP reconcile and unite.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, villagers, including murdered village official Santosh Deshmukh's brother Dhananjay Deshmukh, held a protest fast demanding that all the accused should be arrested.
Sharad Pawar's daughter and NCP MP Supriya Sule, on Monday, questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah why he has not said anything about the murders in Beed and Parbhani.
