Cong standing firm with Maha CM for full 5 years; MVA won't face problem from party: Patole

Days after saying that the Congress will contest the next Maharashtra Assembly polls alone and not as partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA alliance the partys state unit chief Nana Patole on Sunday assured that his party stands strong with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with all its might until the government completes its full fiveyear termHe also said that there will not be any problem from the Congress to the MVA governmentHis remarks come a day after CM Thackeray who is Shiv Sena president said that people would beat with footwear those who only talk about contesting polls alone without offering solutions to peoples problemsAlso Read MVA alliance for 5 years not permanent fixture Maharashtra Congress chief Nana PatoleEarlier in the day Patole had said that the threeparty MVA alliance comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress was formed in Maharashtra for five years and it is not a permanent fixtureTalking to reporters in Pune on the sidelines of an event Patole said when the three parties came together to form the MVA Congress president Sonia Gandhi had put forth only one stand that the party was joining the alliance to stop the BJP from occupying powerOur leader Sonia Gandhis stand to be a part of the MVA was to prevent the BJP from coming to power However it had no mention that we are permanent in alliance to even fight electionsrdquo he saidThe Congress is standing strong with Uddhav Thackeray with all its might for all five years There wont be any problem to the alliance from the Congress Our leader Soniaji has already given that assurance and as a state president I am also of the same opinion he saidThe Sena and Congress adversaries for decades formed government in Maharashtra along with the NCP after the Uddhav Thackerayled party fell out with the BJP in 2019Patole said that the Congress has taken the decision to contest the elections independentlyWe are preparing to contest the upcoming civic body elections on our own There have been instances where parties have contested civic body elections individually without hampering the alliance in the state he addedThe Congress leader said that when the BJP and the Shiv Sena were together in power for five years that time also they had fought the civic body elections separatelyWe are not saying anything differently about fighting the elections solo That system is there in Maharashtra Everyone works to make his partys base strong and take the party ahead Congress is also doing the same he saidWhile reacting to Thackerays remark that people would beat with footwear Patole said there is no clarity about who the CM was referring to as there were statements where various parties including Shiv Sena BJP and even Congress spoke about contesting elections individuallySo we cant comment until we know exactly who he was referring to Thackerays statement was made in the capacity of Shiv Sena chief and not as the CM That statement might be a Shiv Senastyle of talking and such statements were also seen when the party was in power with the BJP the former MP saidTalking about the alleged scam in Ram mandir land purchase and donations he said We have highlighted the issues in the legislative assembly Now people understand the statement Ram nam japana aur paraya maal apnardquoldquoThe Ram mandir trust also has made allegations Various incidents are now bringing the truth out about how some people are taking benefits of Lord Rama Lord Rama only will serve justice in this regardrdquo he 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