Congress leader Nana Patole congratulates BJP chief Nitin Nabin, says it's now time to have a younger PM

PM Narendra Modi felicitates Nitin Nabin after he was sworn-in as the new BJP National President on Tuesday. (Pic/PTI)

After Nitin Nabin was sworn in as the new BJP President on Tuesday, Congress leader Nana Patole questioned him over his party's relationship with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

While speaking to the media on Tuesday, the Congress leader from Maharashtra congratulated Nabin on becoming BJP's National President and also asked for a younger Prime Minister for the country, news agency ANI reported.

"Will Nabin also amplify former President JP Nadda's remarks that the BJP does not need the RSS? We congratulate him on his new role. Just like he is young as the national president. We should be getting a younger prime minister as well," emphasised Patole.

While talking on the issue of urban Naxalism, Patole said, "The jungle-based Naxalism has ended. The government is doing nothing about the help they are receiving. Now, regarding urban Naxalism, the government has brought in the Public Safety Act, under which they can declare people as urban Naxals and take action against them. What is the purpose of the increasing urban Naxal movement?"

The Congress leader also criticised the BJP for allegedly 'practicing colour politics, stating that the tricolor should not be marred', ANI reported.

Patole, while slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said, "They should clarify what they want to say. Some talk about saffron, some talk about green, and we talk about the tricolor. The tricolor is our pride. That divisive politics and attempts to mar the tricolor will not be tolerated."

Nana Patole on ‘hotel politics' in Mumbai

Expressing his views on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde keeping his corporators in a hotel, Patole said that "pressure politics has begun in the state".

"Pressure politics has begun. Eknath Shinde was afraid, which is why he kept his corporators in a hotel. And now, it must be due to pressure from the BJP that he has allowed the corporators to go home," he said, according to news agency PTI.

Slamming the Mahayuti alliance, Patole highlighted, "Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde are under pressure from the BJP. All files from the ministry go through the CM's office. Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde are under pressure from the BJP."

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)