Mumbai: National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had rejected the possibilities to form an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party for Assembly election of Maharashtra on Friday.
Pawar clarified, “There is no question of going with BJP.”
Pawar had maintained that the party wanted to keep the 15 year long alliance with Congress intact but the state leadership kept them waiting for too long.
He said, “The entire rank and file of the NCP wanted an alliance but a situation was created by the state leadership that the alliance had to be called off. In 2004, our numbers were more than the Congress but still accepted a Congress minister.”
He also blamed over Congress for the fillip apart of the alliance. Pawar said, “Congress said they will get back on the proposal. We told Praful Patel to coordinate with the CM. He was kept waiting. CM never met. Few days later, the Congress released the list of their own candidates. We were left with no choice.”
Pawar also said that they are not yet ready for the elections. He said, “We were prepared to contest for 130 seats but the alliance was called off at the last moment and now we have to contest on 280 seats and we are not prepared. We do not have enough publicity materials.”
Bureau Report
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