Efforts underway to unite non-BJP events: Sharad Pawar, says not eager to take up any function as a result of age
By PTI
THANE/MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday stated efforts are underway on the nationwide degree to carry non-BJP events collectively to create a public opinion and he was not eager to take up any duty as a result of his age.
Speaking to reporters in Thane, Pawar accused the Narendra Modi authorities of failing to fulfil any of the guarantees made by it since 2014 together with bringing “acche din, connecting villages through the internet, and providing toilets, water, and power to every household”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s agenda is to maintain smaller events away from energy, Pawar claimed.
“Efforts are underway at the national level to bring non-BJP parties together and bring about a public opinion against the BJP,” he stated.
Pawar, 81, stated he did not need to take up any duty at this age.
“I will only help bring together non-BJP parties to generate a public opinion against the BJP,” he stated.
“The Union government made several promises since the 2014 general elections, but it never fulfilled a single promise. The prime minister had promised a house to every person in the country, but the government failed to keep its word. Now the new promise is of creating a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024,” Pawar stated.
The NCP chief additional criticised the BJP, claiming it makes use of Central probe businesses to come back to energy in states.
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“What BJP is doing against its opponents is nothing but an attack on parliamentary democracy which is a matter of serious concern. In all the non-BJP-ruled states, the saffron party is trying to split legislators and capture power. Maharashtra is the latest example,” Pawar stated, including that the BJP has failed in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
In June, Eknath Shinde and 39 different Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled in opposition to the celebration management, resulting in the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA authorities, which comprised the Sena, NCP and Congress.
Shinde grew to become the CM on June 30 with the BJP’s assist.
Pawar stated the BJP was misusing the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Income Tax, to scare Opposition leaders.
Two senior NCP leaders – Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik – are at present in jail after being arrested by the ED in numerous cash laundering circumstances.
“Can you imagine a record 110 raids by the CBI, ED and IT on Anil Deshmukh and his kin”? Pawar requested.
“Initially, the agencies claimed the misappropriation (of funds) was to the tune of Rs 100 crore, later they modified it to Rs 4.07 crore, and now they are saying it is just Rs 1.71 crore. All this will be exposed in court,” he stated referring to the Anil Deshmukh case.
Pawar stated NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut had been put in jail as they used to talk out on behalf of their respective events.
Queried on a tussle between two factions of Shiv Sena over the celebration’s ballot image, he stated the problem (pending earlier than the Election Commission of India) may be settled very quickly.
Responding to a question, Pawar termed “shameful” the discharge of 11 life-term convicts within the Billkis Bano case beneath the remission coverage of the Gujarat authorities.
“This decision was contradictory to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said about respecting women on August 15. On the contrary, crime against women is on the rise,” the previous Union minister stated.
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Pawar additionally prompt that activist Teesta Setelvad’s arrest was improper.
Setalwad was arrested by the Gujarat Police in June for allegedly submitting false proof within the 2002 Gujarat riots case.
Pawar stated NCP leaders will tour varied districts in Maharashtra to evaluate the celebration work and he’ll go to choose districts.
He questioned how may BJP leaders predict imminent authorized motion by businesses in opposition to Opposition leaders.
Pawar stated he would take up the problem of Central Railway plying air-conditioned native trains within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in opposition to the favored demand to function non-AC suburban trains.
THANE/MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday stated efforts are underway on the nationwide degree to carry non-BJP events collectively to create a public opinion and he was not eager to take up any duty as a result of his age.
Speaking to reporters in Thane, Pawar accused the Narendra Modi authorities of failing to fulfil any of the guarantees made by it since 2014 together with bringing “acche din, connecting villages through the internet, and providing toilets, water, and power to every household”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s agenda is to maintain smaller events away from energy, Pawar claimed.
“Efforts are underway at the national level to bring non-BJP parties together and bring about a public opinion against the BJP,” he stated.
Pawar, 81, stated he did not need to take up any duty at this age.
“I will only help bring together non-BJP parties to generate a public opinion against the BJP,” he stated.
“The Union government made several promises since the 2014 general elections, but it never fulfilled a single promise. The prime minister had promised a house to every person in the country, but the government failed to keep its word. Now the new promise is of creating a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024,” Pawar stated.
The NCP chief additional criticised the BJP, claiming it makes use of Central probe businesses to come back to energy in states.
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“What BJP is doing against its opponents is nothing but an attack on parliamentary democracy which is a matter of serious concern. In all the non-BJP-ruled states, the saffron party is trying to split legislators and capture power. Maharashtra is the latest example,” Pawar stated, including that the BJP has failed in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
In June, Eknath Shinde and 39 different Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled in opposition to the celebration management, resulting in the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA authorities, which comprised the Sena, NCP and Congress.
Shinde grew to become the CM on June 30 with the BJP’s assist.
Pawar stated the BJP was misusing the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Income Tax, to scare Opposition leaders.
Two senior NCP leaders – Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik – are at present in jail after being arrested by the ED in numerous cash laundering circumstances.
“Can you imagine a record 110 raids by the CBI, ED and IT on Anil Deshmukh and his kin”? Pawar requested.
“Initially, the agencies claimed the misappropriation (of funds) was to the tune of Rs 100 crore, later they modified it to Rs 4.07 crore, and now they are saying it is just Rs 1.71 crore. All this will be exposed in court,” he stated referring to the Anil Deshmukh case.
Pawar stated NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut had been put in jail as they used to talk out on behalf of their respective events.
Queried on a tussle between two factions of Shiv Sena over the celebration’s ballot image, he stated the problem (pending earlier than the Election Commission of India) may be settled very quickly.
Responding to a question, Pawar termed “shameful” the discharge of 11 life-term convicts within the Billkis Bano case beneath the remission coverage of the Gujarat authorities.
“This decision was contradictory to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said about respecting women on August 15. On the contrary, crime against women is on the rise,” the previous Union minister stated.
READ HERE | BJP branding everybody as thieves, utilizing central businesses to dislodge elected state govts: Mamata
Pawar additionally prompt that activist Teesta Setelvad’s arrest was improper.
Setalwad was arrested by the Gujarat Police in June for allegedly submitting false proof within the 2002 Gujarat riots case.
Pawar stated NCP leaders will tour varied districts in Maharashtra to evaluate the celebration work and he’ll go to choose districts.
He questioned how may BJP leaders predict imminent authorized motion by businesses in opposition to Opposition leaders.
Pawar stated he would take up the problem of Central Railway plying air-conditioned native trains within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in opposition to the favored demand to function non-AC suburban trains.
