Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the NCP chief Sharad Pawar had backed the exercise of teaming up with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar in an overnight coup to form a short-lived government in Maharashtra. However, Sharad Pawar has denied Fadnavis's claim.
Referring to Ajit Pawar quitting the government 80 hours later, Fadnavis said, “We had an offer from the NCP that they needed a stable government and we should form such a government together. We decided to go ahead and hold talks. The talks happened with Sharad Pawar. Then things changed. You have seen how things changed.”
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“In all fairness I want to state that Ajit Pawar took oath with me with honesty... but later on their (NCP’s) strategy changed,” Fadnavis said, during an event organised by TV9 news channel.
Sharad Pawar said, “I felt that Devendra is a cultured person and a gentleman. I never felt that he will take recourse to falsehood and make such a statement.”
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The war of words continued on social media, where official handles of the two respective parties and their workers trained guns at each other. The Maharashtra BJP tweeted, “Sharad Pawar should not forget one thing that because Fadnavis is a wise person, he remained quiet so far. It was you who had given a message that a BJP-NCP government could be formed.”
अहो @PawarSpeaks , एक गोष्ट लक्षात घ्या, @Dev_Fadnavis जी सुज्ञ आहेत म्हणूनच आजपर्यंत शांत होते.
— भाजपा महाराष्ट्र (@BJP4Maharashtra) February 13, 2023
तुम्ही स्वतः BJP - NCP सरकार स्थापन करुया असा निरोप दिला होता.
पण, तुम्हाला जे हवं ते साध्य झालं नाही म्हणून जनतेच्या डोळ्यात धूळफेक करत नेहमी सारख तुम्ही कोलांटी उडी घेतली.
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The NCP Twitter handle quickly responded to the BJP and said the party chief's towering political career needs no validation. “Your own national leader calls Pawar as his own Guru. We do not need any certificate from you to validate the towering career of Pawar," said the main Opposition party.
पवार साहेबांच्या उत्तुंग कर्तृत्वाला तुमच्या पोचपावतीची गरज नाही. ज्यांच्या जीवावर तुम्ही सरपंच पदापासून ते पंतप्रधान पदापर्यंतच्या निवडणुका लढत आहात ते तुमचे राष्ट्रीय नेते पवार साहेबांना जाहीर व्यासपीठावरून आपला गुरु म्हणतात आणि मानतात, याचा विसर पडला असेल तर रोज सकाळी बदाम खा. https://t.co/xR6uc1WdN5
— NCP (@NCPspeaks) February 13, 2023
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