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Pawar confident of Thackeray government winning trust vote in Assembly

The way to prove if Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray-led government is in minority is through floor of Assembly, says the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

The way to prove if Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray-led government is in minority is through floor of Assembly: NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Breaking: Floor test will prove majority, says Pawar

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Published : Jun 23, 2022, 8:07 PM IST

Updated : Jun 23, 2022, 10:36 PM IST

Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar said the fate of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra can only be decided on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, while asserting that the MVA will be proving its majority in a trust vote if it ever came to that, while addressing a press conference amid the Eknath Shinde led rebellion in Shiv Sena.

Pawar hinted the role of the saffron party in the crisis but chose not to name the BJP while taking pot shots by recounting the travel pattern of the rebel MLAs decamped with Shinde. The Shinde-led rebel faction had claimed the support of 37 Shiv Sena MLAs and ten Independent legislators, while being holed up in Guwahati.

Asked whether the MVA has been reduced a minority, the octogenarian replied: "The fate of the MVA government will be decided in the Assembly, not in Guwahati (where the rebels are camping). The MVA will prove its majority on the floor of the House."

Pawar said he did not agree with his nephew Ajit Pawar's view that he did not see the BJP's role in the rebellion. "Ajit Pawar may have said so because he does not know BJP leaders from outside Maharashtra. I know them. Even Eknath Shinde has said a national party has assured him of all assistance," Pawar said.

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As other national parties like BSP, CPM, CPI, Congress and NCP have no role to play in destabilizing the MVA, Shinde was referring only to the BJP, the octogenarian said. The rebel MLAs will have to come back to Mumbai and face the Assembly, he said, adding that BJP leaders "from Gujarat and Assam will not be coming here to guide them."

Pawar also refuted allegations by rebel Shiv Sena MLAs that they faced difficulties in getting funds for their constituencies as the finance ministry, which is controlled by NCP's Ajit Pawar, discriminated against them, and the Sena has given up its Hindutva ideology.

"All these are excuses, some of these MLAs are facing probe by central agencies," he said. The NCP chief also said that the rebels will have to face consequences, recalling that when Chhagan Bhujbal defected from the Shiv Sena to join Congress in the 1990s, all his supporters except one lost the Assembly election.

"These rebels will face the same fate," Pawar said. On Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's statement that the Sena was ready to quit the MVA if the rebels relented, Pawar said the statement was made to bring them back to Mumbai. Pawar also said the MVA government has performed well in the last two and a half years, and it would be "political ignorance" to call the coalition a failed experiment.

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The MVA came to power after the Sena severed its ties with the BJP in 2019. "When the rebels return and speak about how they were taken out of the state, it will be clear which side has the majority," Pawar said. (with Agency inputs)

Last Updated : Jun 23, 2022, 10:36 PM IST

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