Mumbai
As the government formation process of the three prospective allies Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress reached the final stages, a top NCP leader took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday.
NCP National Spokesperson Nawab Malik said that “finally, Sharad Pawar has outsmarted” the alleged ‘Chanakya’ of Indian politics, as the three parties appeared set to stake claim to the Maharashtra government.
Though referring to BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, without taking any names, Malik tweeted that “the throne of Delhi failed to make Maharashtra bend before it… Jai Maharashtra!”.
In a related development, an upbeat Sena MP Sanjay Raut hit back to a question whether the party would return to the BJP fold it if was given the post of CM.
“This is now a fight for the dignity and self-respect of Maharashtra. Now, even if we are offered the throne of (Lord) Indra, we are not interested… That time has elapsed,” Raut declared.
Meanwhile, the silence in the BJP camps was suddenly shattered when Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that the upcoming alliance of Sena-NCP-Congress was unviable.
“They are all parties with differing ideologies… Their government won’t last for long,” Gadkari said today. (IANS)
