Political upheaval continues in Maharashtra. There are signs of a split in the Mahavikas Aghadi. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar has hit back at Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana, then raised questions about the stature of Prithviraj Chavan in the Congress.

Prithviraj Chavan had told NCP to be BJP’s B team

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has Raised questions about Chavan’s stature. Earlier, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Chavan had targeted the NCP for fielding candidates in the Karnataka assembly elections. Chavan had earlier also disagreed with Pawar’s claim that 4300 Maha Vikas The Congress leadership had adopted a stubborn attitude during the talks to form the Aghadi alliance. Chavan called the NCP the ‘B’ team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Pawar explained why NCP fielded candidates in Karnataka

When asked, former Union Minister Sharad Pawar said that NCP wants to enter the southern state with the aim of increasing its base. We did not hold any discussion with the Congress or other allies in Karnataka as we wanted to start from zero, he said.

Sharad Pawar attacked Shiv Sena (UBT) face A day after the Shiv Sena (UBT) claimed Sharad Pawar’s failure to find his successor, the NCP chief said he and his party leaders neither care about what others have to say nor do they publish such articles. Give someone importance because they know what they are doing. In fact, an editorial in Shiv Sena’s (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ claimed that Pawar had failed to find a successor who could take his party forward. The NCP is a major constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the Congress.

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Tue, May 9, 2023, 7: 58 PM IST