Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has rubbished Raj Thackeray’s allegation of doing caste politics. Pawar on Sunday said that the MNS president never shares an opinion on any issue and stays in a dormant state for three to four months in a year, which is his specialty. At a rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Saturday, Raj Thackeray criticized Sharad Pawar, accusing him of playing the caste card from time to time and dividing the society.
On the contrary, the NCP has united people of all castes, Pawar told reporters in Kolhapur. Raj Thackeray should read the history of NCP before commenting. Responding to a question on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief’s speech, Pawar took a jibe at the Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS) chief and said, “Raj Thackeray sleeps for three to four months and suddenly wakes up to deliver a speech. This is his specialty. Not me. Know what he does for all these months.”
‘Raj Thackeray does not stick to his words’
Pawar said the MNS chief says many things but does not stick to them. He said, “He talks about NCP and caste politics. The fact is that other leaders including Chhagan Bhujbal and Madhukarrao Pichad have served as leaders of NCP in the House. Everyone knows which caste they belong to. come from.” The former Union minister said his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar became the Leader of the House after completing 30 years in the Assembly.
Asked about Raj Thackeray praising Uttar Pradesh, Pawar said as I have said earlier also he can talk about anything. I don’t know what they saw in Uttar Pradesh. What happened recently in Uttar Pradesh? “The election results (in UP) were different for different reasons. But in Lakhimpur Kheri, farmers were protesting on the borders of Uttar Pradesh but no one came to solve their issues.
‘If Raj Thackeray is praising the Yogi government…’
He said that many things happened during the Yogi government and if he (Raj Thackeray) is praising the government, then I do not want to say anything. Asked whether Raj Thackeray was trying to project his party’s stand in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party in view of the civic polls in Maharashtra, Pawar cited the MNS’s poor performance in the last elections.