Mahayuti allies walk out, accuse Sena and BJP of back-stabbing
25 Sept 2014 5:47 AM IST
On Wednesday three small parties Shetkari Swabhiman Paksha (SSP), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the Shiv Sangram decided to quit the alliance accusing the two major partners of back-stabbing. ‘Shiv Sena and BJP have stabbed us in the back. SSP, RSP and Shiv Sangram have decided to leave Mahayuti (grand alliance) and contest the assembly polls jointly,’ SSP leader Sadabhau Khot said here.
He said they were brought into the grand alliance by late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, ‘We trusted him and came into ‘Mahayuti’. But our house is being burnt while trying to douse fire in their (Sena and BJP) houses.’
Feeling Insulted at paltry seats offered to them, Khot, a farmer leader from western Maharashtra said, ‘By giving seven seats to four constituents (including RPI), they (Sena and BJP) have insulted us. We apologise to people of Maharashtra for our mistake in aligning with such parties.’ He alleged that there was a systematic plan to oust them from the Mahayuti.
‘We had asked Sena and BJP two months ago if we had become a burden for them. We will go to people and organise a sangharsh yatra in the state to expose our betrayal,’ Khot said and alleged that everyone tried to get more seats by using them.
‘Both the parties (Sena and BJP) indulged in that. We will tell this to people of Maharashtra and expose them,’ he said.
Talks on for Cong-NCP Sharad Pawar’s NCP has brought a rabbit out of its hat by raising the demand for rotational chief ministership which appears to have made tricky the seat sharing issue with Congress in Maharashtra.
A senior Congress leader gave such an indication this evening as the high command was grappling over the issue brought up by NCP at the last minute.
Central leaders like AK Antony and Mallikarjun Kharge are in touch with Congress leaders in Maharashtra including chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.
At the AICC briefing, party spokesman Anand Sharma merely said that the two parties were in talks.
He said they were brought into the grand alliance by late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, ‘We trusted him and came into ‘Mahayuti’. But our house is being burnt while trying to douse fire in their (Sena and BJP) houses.’
Feeling Insulted at paltry seats offered to them, Khot, a farmer leader from western Maharashtra said, ‘By giving seven seats to four constituents (including RPI), they (Sena and BJP) have insulted us. We apologise to people of Maharashtra for our mistake in aligning with such parties.’ He alleged that there was a systematic plan to oust them from the Mahayuti.
‘We had asked Sena and BJP two months ago if we had become a burden for them. We will go to people and organise a sangharsh yatra in the state to expose our betrayal,’ Khot said and alleged that everyone tried to get more seats by using them.
‘Both the parties (Sena and BJP) indulged in that. We will tell this to people of Maharashtra and expose them,’ he said.
Talks on for Cong-NCP Sharad Pawar’s NCP has brought a rabbit out of its hat by raising the demand for rotational chief ministership which appears to have made tricky the seat sharing issue with Congress in Maharashtra.
A senior Congress leader gave such an indication this evening as the high command was grappling over the issue brought up by NCP at the last minute.
Central leaders like AK Antony and Mallikarjun Kharge are in touch with Congress leaders in Maharashtra including chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.
At the AICC briefing, party spokesman Anand Sharma merely said that the two parties were in talks.
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