BJP asks Sunetra Pawar to meet Shah if she wants Finance Ministry
Sources said that the BJP stand, which was discussed at a meeting of the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Tuesday evening, has not gone down well with her partymen.
Sources said that the BJP stand, which was discussed at a meeting of the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Tuesday evening, has not gone down well with her partymen.
Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has written a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding that corporators of the Ajit Pawar-founded NCP must get an equal amount of development funds for their wards, as much as BJP corporators receive.
Overall, Sunetra Pawar bagged 2,18,969 votes and secured a record-breaking victory by a margin of over 2,18,000 votes - the highest ever in Assembly elections.
Sunetra Pawar secures a massive mandate in Baramati bypoll, rewriting national records and signalling a strong political shift, while the family urges restraint amid emotional victory.
The Thackeray camp in the party's mouthpiece, 'Saamana', mentioned the horrific rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in Nasrapur, Bhor tehsil of Pune district, that sparked massive outrage.
As reported earlier, elections to 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states are scheduled for March 16, while the tenure of seven MPs from Maharashtra, including that of NCP founder Sharad Pawar, will come to an end shortly.
The immediate trigger was a statement made on Thursday by Ajit Pawar-led NCP's spokesperson Anand Paranjape who said, “We have lost our god (Ajit Pawar), but unfortunately the Sharad Pawar-led NCP is politicising this incident”.
Accordingly, Sunetra Pawar will take official charge at the NCP executive meeting which has been convened on February 26, sources said.
Opposition parties comprising the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Congress had asked Zirwal to resign last week.
However, earlier on Thursday, Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar said, “We will hold a press conference regarding the merger of both the NCPs soon.
