INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Friday ruled out the possibility of midterm polls in the state, as suggested by Uddhav Thackeray, and
also looked for to play down his earlier talk about President rule in the context of the early-morning swearing-in
Pawar stated he doesnt see any reason for midterm surveys, but we will need to see under which situations Thackeray has actually made the
Pointing out the fluid political situation in the state, Thackeray asked party workers to be prepared, in a video message to voters of
Pimpri and Kasba, which are going for bypolls
We will need to await the litigation pending before the Supreme Court
In addition, there is a plea that a section of legislators who left the party should be disqualified
If the plea is accepted, the possibility of midterm surveys is not dismissed, stated Thackeray in Thursdays video message.Pawar described
as casual his statement on the swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on November 23, 2019, throughout an interaction with the
A week after Fadnavis declared Sharad Pawar knew that Ajit was taking oath with him, Pawar had responded dramatically, stating had it not
occurred, there was no scope of lifting Presidents guideline in the state which Thackeray would never ever have become the CM of Maharashtra
On Friday, Pawar said he is not that effective to lift Presidents guideline in the state.Pawar also strongly supported the speech of a
popular leader in Pune and took on Fadnavis, saying it was wrong of the deputy CM to take objection to the leaders speech, it was an effort
to give it a religious colour
Fadnavis had stated: In a conference commanded by Pawar, one leader passed casteist attract bring Muslims from all over, even dead Muslims,
to vote to defeat RSS and Modi, but this is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs Pune, this fight is now in between anti-nationals and nation-lovers
Asked about banners popping up in south Mumbai describing Jayant Patil, Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule as future chief ministers, the NCP
president dismissed it as the work of mischief mongers.
