Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked why the BJP allied with the NCP if they thought the party is corrupt.
“PM Narendra Modi held a rally in Bhopal last week and accused the NCP of thousands of crore of corruption. If you really thought that NCP is a corrupt party, then why did you include the NCP in Sunday’s swearing in ceremony? It means that these people talk anything without evidence to create people’s opinion,” he said.
Sharad Pawar said that if tomorrow anyone stands up and claims to be the main party, it cannot be allowed.
‘If someone is claiming that they will take symbol, let me be clear that we will not allow it. However, I must tell you that I have fought on many symbols. Until you are in the hearts of people, symbols don’t matter. Have you seen posters and banners by people? My photo is the largest. That is because they know that they have nothing else to bank upon,’ Pawar said.
NCP working president Supriya Sule said the party name and symbol will remain with them. ‘There are vacancies of 8-9 seats in the NCP now. New people will get chance. I will ask Sharad Pawar that 33 percent reservation for women be given,’ she said.
She added, ‘The NCP was once called naturally corrupt party. But when the one who said ‘na khaunga na khane doonga’ needed help, they came here and took people from here.’
Agencies