Sharad Pawar told Uddhav NCP will never join hands with BJP, claims Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed NCP chief Sharad Pawar recently told Uddhav Thackeray that his party will never join hands with the BJP even if anyone takes an individual decision to do soRaut made the comments in his weekly column Rokhthok in the party mouthpiece Saamana in the wake of speculations that senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar may break ranks to join hands with the ruling BJP in the state amid a plea seeking disqualification of 16 MLAs of Chief Minister Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena pending before the Supreme CourtHowever Ajit Pawar who is the leader of opposition in the state Assembly dubbed such speculations as baseless and denied meeting Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah in Mumbai on Saturday nightThe Nationalist Congress Party NCP Thackerays Shiv Sena UBT and the Congress are constituents of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA in the stateRaut in the Marathi publication claimed Sharad Pawar told Uddhav Thackeray during their meeting on Tuesday that nobody wants to switch over But family is being targeted If anyone takes a personal decision to leave it is their individual issue But we as a party will never go with the BJPThere is tremendous anger among people of Maharashtra against the present state government Any one joining the BJP will be committing political suicide This is want Thackeray and Pawar felt the Rajya Sabha member wroteHe further claimed that Sharad Pawar during the meeting with former chief minister Thackeray said he would like to tell those who want to switch over that the Enforcement Directorate ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI files will go in a cupboard from the table but will never be closedThere are speculations in political circles about what would be the future move of Ajit Pawar and the senior NCP leader should himself clarify Raut saidHe said a sugar mill belonging to Ajit Pawars family was raided and seized by the ED But now the chargesheet doesnt have any mention of Ajit Pawar or his family members What happened to the allegations of money laundering in the purchase of the sugar mill Were the raids and allegations just for political pressure the Sena UBT leader askedSharad Pawars another associate former Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif was also being targeted by central probe agencies Raut addedAlso Read Maharashtra Congress to hold statewide protest after Satya Pal Malik lsquodisclosurersquo PatoleMeanwhile state minister Dada Bhuse who belongs to the Shindeled Shiv Sena on Sunday said Ajit Pawar is restless in the NCP for several years We all know it Anything can happenWhen reporters asked Ajit Pawar in Nagpur about speculations over his next political move the NCP leader said I have been reading the comments of ministers Dada Bhuse Gulabrao Patil Uday Samant about me I cant understand why there is so much overpouring of love for me We are working unitedly for strengthening the MVAHe denied rumours that he met Union minister Amit Shah in Mumbai on Saturday night These are baseless talks the NCP leader saidAjit Pawar further said the BJP and independents have 115 MLAs in the 288member Maharashtra Assembly Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified the present government will have 149 MLAs If 16 MLAs are disqualified the Assemblys effective strength will be 272 he saidThere is no need to create unnecessary speculation and misunderstandings he addedAjit Pawar also said two leaders from each party in the MVA will speak in the joint rallies of the allianceIn Aurangabad rally myself and Dhananjay Munde from the NCP Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan from the Congress and Chandrakant Khaire and Uddhav Thackeray from Shiv Sena UBT spoke In Nagpur today Jayant Patil and Anil Deshmukh will speak from the NCP side he saidThe opposition alliance has planned to hold joint rallies in all seven revenue divisions of the stateThe message of unity needs to percolate to the grassroots Jayant Patil said last month while admitting that the MVA faces a double challenge of defeating the BJP by staying united as well as strengthening its own grassroot cadreThis process will smoothen after the MVA holds joint rallies in the state Patil had saidThis 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