Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan on Thursday challenged NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar to win at least one seat in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
He was speaking to reporters in Jalgaon district.
"I challenge Pawar to try and win at least one Lok Sabha seat in the elections. People know what (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi's guarantee is, and how it benefits them," Mahajan said.
Earlier in the day, Pawar said at a rally in Pune district that the only thing that increased during Modi's tenure was farmer suicides as the government failed to fulfill its promise of doubling farmers' income. "Leaving no option for farmers other than suicide is Modi's guarantee," Pawar said at Lonavala.
Asked about the NCP (SP) chief's statement, Mahajan said, "He was Union agriculture minister for a long time. What did he do for farmers?"
