Maharashtra Politics: Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (SP) on Monday claimed that the ruling Mahayuti alliance will break before the Maharashtra Assembly elections due to internal rift between Shiv Sena, BJP and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase referred to Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam’s criticism of Public Works Department (PWD) minister and BJP leader Ravindra Chavan and the black flags shown to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s convoy by BJP workers.
Kadam has called Chavan a ‘useless minister’ over the poor condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway. Tapase described Kadam’s remarks as a sign of deteriorating relations within the Mahayuti alliance. He also mentioned the protest by BJP supporters who showed black flags to Ajit Pawar’s convoy in Junnar during the Jan Samman Yatra on Sunday.
“There is no coordination among the constituents of the Mahayuti, no respect for each other and no genuine concern for the welfare of the people of Maharashtra,” Tapase alleged in a statement.
He claimed that the chief minister was upset with Ajit Pawar’s efforts to usurp the ‘Ladki Behen Yojana’, an ambitious government cash transfer scheme. Eknath Shinde And Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is angry.
According to Tapase, opposition leaders, MLAs and MPs were deliberately not invited on the occasion of the formal launch of this scheme on Saturday. He said that this shows that the ruling coalition is more interested in politics than serving the public.
He said, “The Mahayuti alliance is only to remain in power and protect its members from legal scrutiny.” Tapase alleged that the BJP had tried to create a rift among major opposition parties, including the Shiv Sena (Uttar Pradesh), Congress and NCP (SP), to destabilise the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
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