The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) officially denied BJP MP Narayan Rane's claim to a local Marathi TV news channel here on Friday that NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar may walk out of the Congress-backed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and join hands with the BJP-backed Mahayuti after the Maharashtra assembly election results are declared.
Reacting to the allegations, Sharad Pawar said, "The person who made the allegations was in jail for several months. Only the BJP can prompt such a person to make false allegations."
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP candidate from Baramati Assembly constituency, Ajit Pawar on Wednesday cast his vote.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
The top court also instructed the Ajit Pawar-led faction to “learn to stand on its own legs” and maintain individuality of the parties.
Congress candidate from the Rajouri Assembly constituency, Iftikhar Ahmed said that the National Conference and Congress alliance will receive better results than what is being projected by the exit polls and exuded confidence of INDIA bloc forming a government with two-third majority in the Union Territory.
In Maharashtra’s political landscape, the upcoming assembly elections have seen a significant shift, largely due to the manoeuvres of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Though the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP- Sharad Pawar) has decided to replace its present nominee, forest minister AK.Saseendran with Thomas K Thomas in the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet, the CM asked the NCP leadership to wait for some time before deciding on another cabinet rejig.
Overall 11.06 per cent voting was recorded Tuesday in the first two hours upto 9 AM across seven districts of J&K where polling is being held in the third and final phase of assembly elections to decide the fate of 415 candidates.
NCP (Sharad Pawar)Kerala president PC Chacko said here on Saturday athat the party decided to replace Saseendran with Kuttanad MLA Thomas K Thomas in the LDF government.
