Congress only option against BJP; we will form govt at Centre in 2024: Nana Patole

Amid the ongoing rift between the parties of the Maha Vikas Anghadi MVA government Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Wednesday said that Congress is the only party left against the BJP and his party shall form the government after the 2024 general electionsCongress is the only option left in the country against the BJP In 2024 under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi the Congress government will be formed in the country said Patole while speaking to reporters yesterdayStating that Congress is one of the major parties in Maharashtra Patole said that the party is receiving huge support from the people and their trust in the party is growing He further said that the partys strength is increasingThe Maharashtra Congress chief said We are not pressurising anyone we are just working towards making our party number one in the state Congress is one of the major parties in Maharashtra It is receiving huge support from the people People are coming forward to identify themselves with the party Peoples trust in the party is growing The partys strength is increasing day by dayReacting to NCP chief Sharad Pawar calling Patole a small person he said Yes I am a small person Pawar Sahib is our eldest leader and he loves me a lot and this love will always be thereSpeaking about the meeting of Congress leaders with Sharad Pawar Patole said Our incharge and prominent leader Ashok Chavan had gone for the meeting He raised the issue of reservation for Other Backward Classes OBCs which the BJP has reduced The government is fighting for the same in the court OBC reservation has many problems as the Central government is not providing the data and the Maharashtra governments commission will take time That is why our leaders had gone to meet Pawar saheb Our leaders had told Pawar ji that Congress will fight the battle of OBCs on the streets in the coming days and urged the allies to join usrdquoAlso read Nana Patole fires veiled barb at NCP says Congress was cheated in 2014We were cheated in 2014 We might have to contest elections alone So we are preparing in advance he addedCongress leaders on Wednesday met National Congress Party NCP chief Sharad Pawar to assure him that Congress chief Nana Patoles statements on the MVA alliance would not be repeatedNCP sources informed that a few MVA leaders were angry with recent statements made by Patole about his partys growing influence in Maharashtra FormerMaharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan state party incharge HK Patil and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat met Pawar at his residence in Silver OakChavan and Patil and assured that the MVA government was stable and the Congress chiefs statements had been taken out of contextPatole had also alleged that his phone was being tapped by the Maharashtra government and that some people were stabbing Congress in the backThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever