Days after the Eknath Shinde-led government came into power, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar took a jibe and said that Maharashtra is likely to see mid-term polls.
“The newly-formed government in Maharashtra may fall in the next six months, hence all should be ready for mid-term polls,” an NCP leader, who attended the meeting, PTI quoted Pawar as saying.
These statements were made while addressing NCP legislators and other leaders of the party in Mumbai in the evening on Sunday, July 3.
He also stated that many rebel legislators who are supporting Shinde are not happy with the current arrangement. Once the ministerial portfolios are distributed, their unrest will come out, which will ultimately result in the collapse of the government.
Pawar further pointed out that the failure of this experiment will lead to several rebel MLAs returning to their original party. With just few months in hand, NCP legislators should spend more time in their respective assembly constituencies.
Meanwhile, today, on June 4, in the floor test conducted in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday, June 4, the Eknath Shinde-led government reached the majority mark by attaining 164 votes in his favour.
For those unversed, following a week-long political drama in the state, both Shinde and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took an oath as CM and Deputy CM respectively on June 1.
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