NCP breaks 15-year-old alliance with Congress in Maharashtra
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TNN | Sep 25, 2014, 08.17 PM IST
NCP breaks 15-year-old alliance with Congress in Maharashtra
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NEW DELHI: Barely an hour after the Shiv Sena and the BJP announced their split, the NCP on Thursday said it was breaking away from the Congress to fight the Maharashtra assembly polls alone.
"Congress declared seats without consulting alliance partners and betrayed our trust," NCP state president Sunil Tatkare said.
"When Sharad Pawar met Sonia Gandhi, he told her he wants to stay in the alliance," the NCP leader added.
Senior NCP leader Praful Patel said, "NCP has always supported the Congress; even when we had more MLAs we gave up the chief minister's post".
NCP leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar blamed Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for the split, saying NCP was never neglected by earlier Congress CMs. Ajit Pawar and other NCP ministers will resign from the cabinet.
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Sharad Pawar holds a meeting with other NCP leaders (TOI Photo by Deepak Turbhekar)
"Congress declared seats without consulting alliance partners and betrayed our trust," NCP state president Sunil Tatkare said.
"When Sharad Pawar met Sonia Gandhi, he told her he wants to stay in the alliance," the NCP leader added.
Senior NCP leader Praful Patel said, "NCP has always supported the Congress; even when we had more MLAs we gave up the chief minister's post".
NCP leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar blamed Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for the split, saying NCP was never neglected by earlier Congress CMs. Ajit Pawar and other NCP ministers will resign from the cabinet.
Sharad Pawar holds a meeting with other NCP leaders (TOI Photo by Deepak Turbhekar)
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BJP announces end of 25-year-old alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
BJP announces end of 25-year-old alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
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MUMBAI: The 25-year-old BJP-Shiv Sena alliance split on Thursday amid continued deadlock over seat-sharing for the October 15 Maharashtra assembly polls.
After several rounds of talks over the last few days, senior state BJP leaders announced on Thursday evening severing of the ties between the two parties, blaming Shiv Sena's "inflexibility" for it.
"We have conveyed our decision to snap ties to Shiv Sena. The decision was taken with a heavy heart," Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis told reporters after a meeting of the state party's Core Committee.
BJP, however, hinted at the possibility of a post-poll alliance with its estranged ally, saying the party would not criticise Sena during the campaign and remain friends.
"Our aim is to prevent the corrupt Congress-NCP government from coming to power. We will not criticise Shiv Sena during the campaign, we don't want any bitterness with our ally of 25 years," leader of opposition in the assembly Eknath Khadse said.
Fadnavis said BJP will go to polls with smaller 'Mahayuti' allies.
He said BJP had worked out a seat-sharing deal with Mahadeo Jankar's Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Raju Shetty's Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana.
Our talks with Vinayak Mete of Shiv Sangram are in final stages and we will also speak to RPI's Ramdas Athawale, Fadnavis said.
"We reiterate that Shiv Sena is still our friend. We will not criticise Sena and our target will be the corrupt Congress-NCP combine," he said.
After several rounds of talks over the last few days, senior state BJP leaders announced on Thursday evening severing of the ties between the two parties, blaming Shiv Sena's "inflexibility" for it.
"We have conveyed our decision to snap ties to Shiv Sena. The decision was taken with a heavy heart," Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis told reporters after a meeting of the state party's Core Committee.
BJP, however, hinted at the possibility of a post-poll alliance with its estranged ally, saying the party would not criticise Sena during the campaign and remain friends.
"Our aim is to prevent the corrupt Congress-NCP government from coming to power. We will not criticise Shiv Sena during the campaign, we don't want any bitterness with our ally of 25 years," leader of opposition in the assembly Eknath Khadse said.
Fadnavis said BJP will go to polls with smaller 'Mahayuti' allies.
He said BJP had worked out a seat-sharing deal with Mahadeo Jankar's Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Raju Shetty's Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana.
Our talks with Vinayak Mete of Shiv Sangram are in final stages and we will also speak to RPI's Ramdas Athawale, Fadnavis said.
"We reiterate that Shiv Sena is still our friend. We will not criticise Sena and our target will be the corrupt Congress-NCP combine," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-announces-end-of-25-year-old-alliance-with-Shiv-Sena-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/43438890.cms