Haryana assembly election results: Nana Patole slams Sanjay Raut, says won't tolerate any accusations against Congress

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Wednesday slammed Sanjay Raut a Member of Parliament MP from Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray for the latters remarks on the Haryana assembly election results stressing that accusations against Congress will not be tolerated The Congress and Shiv Sena UBT along with the Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party form the Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi in the stateThe sparring between the two allies cropped up at a time when the seatsharing deliberations for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls is yet to be finalisedA day after the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won a third consecutive term in Haryana Raut suggested that Congress overconfidence was responsible for its defeat as the party did not cobble up an alliance and instead chose to go solo He also claimed that the Congress relies on allies in weak regions but ignores them in its stronghold areas reported news agency PTIAny accusations against the Congress party will not be tolerated The political situation in Haryana and Maharashtra is different Congress fights elections alongside its allies as was seen in the Lok Sabha elections Patole told reporters responding to remarks made by RautEarlier in the day Raut described the Haryana assembly election results as unfortunate pointing out that the Jammu and Kashmir elections were won by theIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIAWherever Congress is weak it takes help from regional parties but where it thinks it is strong the Congress assigns no importance to regional parties Raut told reportersCongress launches vehicle campaign to expose BJPled state govts corruptionRejecting talks that the Haryana assembly election results will have any bearing on the upcoming Maharashtra state polls Raut said Had Haryana polls contested by INDI alliance and seats allocated to Samajwadi Party Aam Aadmi Party NCP Sharadchandra Pawar and Shiv Sena UBT such scenario would have helped the alliance but Congress thought the battle would be onesided and it will win on its ownBucking antiincumbency the ruling BJP pulled off its best performance in Haryana to retain power and halt the Congress comeback attempt in the assembly elections results of which were announced Tuesday stated PTIAccording to Raut the Congress fell aside in Haryana owing to deft election management by BJP which divided opposition votesMeanwhile Congress on Wednesday launched a campaign vehicle to expose corruption committed by the BJPled alliance government The vehicle which will travel across the state was flagged off by Patole PTI reportedPatole alleged that the state government was responsible for the flight of industries to Gujarat over twoandahalf yearsGujarat has taken investments worth Rs 75 lakh crore and 5lakh jobs away from Maharashtra The Congress campaign vehicle will inform people about how the Central Government has turned Maharashtra into an ATM and looted it he said during the flag off for which senior Congress leaders were also presentAccusing the Mahayuti government of depriving youths of jobs Patole alleged that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his two deputies had virtually pawned Maharashtra to GujaratThe poll campaign vehicles will travel across the state to inform people about the Gujarat connection of corruption committed by the state government the Congress leader statedEarlier in the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the people of Haryana foiled the hateful conspiracies of the Congress and urban Naxals He dubbed the Congress an irresponsible party and a factory to spread hatred which wants to divide Hindus and pit one community against anotherResponding to Modis remarks Patole said BJP had formed a government in Jammu and Kashmir with Mehbooba Muftis Peoples Democratic Party PDP even though she supports PakistanBJP had formed alliances with several parties for the sake of power he addedMVA was formed after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when the Uddhav Thackerayled undivided Shiv Sena walked out of the alliance with BJP Subsequently Thackeray took oath as CM but had to resign midway because of the rebellion in the SenaWith PTI inputs