Maha Dy CM Ajit Pawar positive: No rebels in MVA govt’s backyard

Maha Dy CM Ajit Pawar positive: No rebels in MVA govt’s backyard

"There is no pardon for this mistake," quipped Pawar, and then exchanged glances with the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inviting laughter in the House.

FPJ Political BureauUpdated: Saturday, March 14, 2020, 07:47 AM IST
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Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar | ANI Photo

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar cleared doubts on any rebellious leader in the MVA camp. He on Friday took a swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party saying that there is no 'Jyotiraditya Scindia like' figure in ranks of ruling allies in the state. He instead asked the BJP to keep a watch on its legislators who were absent.

Pawar was reacting to BJP leader and former Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar's remark that Congress and NCP legislators should remember that just like Madhya Pradesh, there will be a Jyotiraditya Scindia in Maharashtra as well.

In his reply to the debate on annual budget 2020-21 in the state assembly, Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, also commented on Mungantiwar's admission yesterday that BJP deceived the one-time ally Shiv Sena last year and that it was a mistake.

"There is no pardon for this mistake," quipped Pawar, and then exchanged glances with the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inviting laughter in the House.

The Shiv Sena and the BJP parted ways after the assembly elections last year due to differences over power-sharing. The Sena later joined hands with the Congress and the NCP, its political rivals then, to form government.

Pawar said there is no "Jyotiraditya Scindia like figure" in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling alliance consisting of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, and asked the BJP to look after its own flock as there could be such a person in its own ranks.

Scindia, a long-time Congress leader and former Union minister, quit the party and joined the BJP on Wednesday. "You better keep a watch on those who were not present now (in the assembly)," the NCP leader told the opposition.

Pawar also took jibes at the  Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis and other BJP leaders for doubting the longevity of the MVA government explained Pawar.

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