BJP talks about providing political stability but topples govts in Oppn-ruled states: Sharad Pawar

BEED: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday accused the BJP of pulling down democratically installed governments in states not ruled by it while talking about providing political stability, and said the policy of current rulers is to widen the rift in society using caste, religion and language as tools.

Addressing the ‘Swabhiman Rally’ in Beed, the home district of rebel NCP leader and Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde, Pawar said MLAs who won elections against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and later changed sides and aligned with the saffron outfit will be taught a lesson by voters.

His comments came in the backdrop of a section of MLAs from his own party and those from the Shiv Sena joining hands with the BJP in the last one year. Out of the four NCP MLAs from Beed district in central Maharashtra, three have joined the rebel faction led by deputy CM Ajit Pawar, including Munde. The fourth MLA, Sandip Kshirsagar, is in the Sharad Pawar camp.

The NCP founder slammed the Centre over the ethnic violence in Manipur.

He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have gone to Manipur and understood the pain of people in the north-eastern state which has witnessed deadly ethnic clashes since early May.