Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday that he had not been invited to be a Union minister when he met his nephew Ajit Pawar. After the 'secret meeting' between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar, leaders of the two factions of the National Congress Party (NCP), it was suggested that the founder of the NCP was asked to form a 'Coalition' cabinet.
"I don't know what the former CM [Prithviraj Chavan] said. It was a secret meeting and there was no political discussion going on there. I was not offered a Cabinet appointment. All these reports are baseless,” said Sharad Pawar.
Earlier this week, Parliament leader and former premier Prithviraj Chavan said Sharad Pawar had been offered a position in the Coalition cabinet during a "secret meeting" with his nephew Ajith Pawar, who split from the NCP in July. and joined the government led by Eknath Shinde.
Sharad Pawar's meeting with his grandson and Ajit Pawar on August 12 at businessman Atul Chordiya's residence in Pune's Koregaon Park district shocked the political world.
Several leaders of the Indian opposition bloc expressed dissatisfaction with the meeting between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar. Maharashtra Parliament Speaker Nana Patole said the "secret meeting" was a matter of concern for his party. Ashok Chavan asks Sharad Pawar to "delete his position". He said, "This decision is sure to create doubt in people's minds."
The third meeting of the opposition coalition is scheduled to take place in Mumbai in September.
However, Sharad Pawar said, “The India meeting will take place in Mumbai and we will plan it for success. We will find a strategy to fight the BJP, which is dividing communities and people.” "The people in power today are the BJP and their colleagues, they intend to work for unity. But they are doing the exact opposite. They are dividing communities and religions," the founder said. NCP establishment added.
Sharad Pawar also accused the BJP of destabilizing elected governments. “Goa, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra are examples where they have destabilized the government,” he said. In response to speculations following his meeting with Ajit Pawar, Sharad Pawar said his party would not go with the BJP even though some "well-intentioned people" were trying to convince him. "Any connection to the BJP is not part of the NCP's political policy," he said earlier this week.
