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NCP chief and former Union Defence and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has once again hot out at the BJP. ” Power comes and goes, and there is no need to be anxious,” the NCP chief said. “Of late, some people are getting anxious and I do not blame them, because before the (2019) state election claims were made of coming again to power, and it did not materialise, that’s why there is this anxiousness,” the Maraths stalwart said.
Asked about a BJP delegation going to meet the Union home secretary over some incidents that have taken place in Mumbai, Pawar said it is obvious that some “anxious people” will go and explore their options, but there is no need to think over it.
After the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena parted ways with long-term ally BJP over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party then tied-up with the NCP and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state. Asked about statements of opposition leaders that the situation in Maharashtra warrants President’s rule in the state, Pawar said it is true that some people get anxious after power goes out of their hands.
“This is not a new thing. Not everyone is like me. After our (state) government was dismissed in 1980, I was told about it at 12.30 in the night. I along with my friends immediately vacated the (CM’s) house and moved to another place and on the next day, we all went to watch a cricket match at the Wankhede stadium and enjoyed the whole day,” the former chief minister said.
