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MUMBAI: A year-and-a-half after the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government following the lead taken by NCP president Sharad Pawar to ensure that BJP was kept out of power, questions are now being raised over the longevity of the alliance in the wake of controversial statements made by state Congress president Nana Patole against Sharad Pawar, CM Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
While Patole had said last week that both the CM and Dy CM had asked the law-enforcing agencies to keep track of his movements, on Thursday he described Sharad Pawar as the “remote control” of the MVA government. Further, Patole has declared he will address a rally of OBC workers in Baramati, Pawar’s hometown, on July 29.
The question is: Do Patole’s statements have hte backing of the Congress leadership, particularly that of Rahul Gandhi?
Reacting sharply to this question, Patole told TOI, “I have the support of the high command. I have been appointed PCC president not for locking the party but to expand across the state. As a part of that strategy, I declared that Congress will contest the 2024 assembly elections on its own. I have not changed my stand. I am sure my recent statements will have no adverse impact on the MVA government’s stability.”
Patole, who was formerly with the BJP and joined Congress after attacking PM Modi, has courted controversy ever since he quietly resigned from the assembly speaker’s post without informing either Pawar or the CM. Patole had announced that in view of the bitter experience with NCP in the 2014 assembly elections, Congress would go solo in the 2024 assembly elections.”
Patole said there was nothing wrong with his claim that Congress would contest elections on its own.
“Even Uddhav Thackeray has asked his party workers to be prepared for polls, NCP too is working in that direction. Then what is wrong if I too am prepared for contesting the elections independently?” he asked.
While Patole had said last week that both the CM and Dy CM had asked the law-enforcing agencies to keep track of his movements, on Thursday he described Sharad Pawar as the “remote control” of the MVA government. Further, Patole has declared he will address a rally of OBC workers in Baramati, Pawar’s hometown, on July 29.
The question is: Do Patole’s statements have hte backing of the Congress leadership, particularly that of Rahul Gandhi?
Reacting sharply to this question, Patole told TOI, “I have the support of the high command. I have been appointed PCC president not for locking the party but to expand across the state. As a part of that strategy, I declared that Congress will contest the 2024 assembly elections on its own. I have not changed my stand. I am sure my recent statements will have no adverse impact on the MVA government’s stability.”
Patole, who was formerly with the BJP and joined Congress after attacking PM Modi, has courted controversy ever since he quietly resigned from the assembly speaker’s post without informing either Pawar or the CM. Patole had announced that in view of the bitter experience with NCP in the 2014 assembly elections, Congress would go solo in the 2024 assembly elections.”
Patole said there was nothing wrong with his claim that Congress would contest elections on its own.
“Even Uddhav Thackeray has asked his party workers to be prepared for polls, NCP too is working in that direction. Then what is wrong if I too am prepared for contesting the elections independently?” he asked.
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