Mumbai: While chances of an unstable coalition in Maharashtra falling flat on its face looms larger, the thematics of potential dissolution of parliament were brought into display many times, primarily through tweets of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut earlier in the day. "The ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra is heading towards the dissolution of Vidhan Sabha," read a rough translation of Raut's original tweet in Marathi. A day before, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had noted otherwise.
"It is being said that cross-voting took place in the elections of Maharashtra Legislative Council. In the last 50 years, I have seen that despite cross-voting many times, the government has run. Despite this (cross-voting), there is no difference in our alliance," Pawar said on Tuesday. Veteran Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, however, was cautious in his approach while bringing BJP's alleged tactics into question on Wednesday.
"Purity cannot be expected from the BJP government - which is built on the foundation of immorality and bargaining - and the possibilities of its misuse of administrative machinery by putting pressure on it can't be ruled out either. But, I am sure that the machinery of Madhya Pradesh will succeed in conducting fair elections using constitutional values and an impartial stance," he said, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to the ongoing instability in Maharashtra. Nath's comments come in the backdrop of urban bodies and panchayat polls in Madhya Pradesh.
