Ajit Pawar Announces NCP to Contest Local Elections Independently in Maharashtra
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 21: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and National Congress Party (NCP) Chief, Ajit Pawar, announced on Sunday that his party will fight the local body elections in the state independently. He stated, “Despite having contested Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha together as Mahayuti, every party will contest local body elections as per their strengths. Therefore, party workers in Mahanagar Palika, Nagar Palika, Zila Parishad, and taluka Panchayat shall start their work and try to spread government schemes among people.”
Earlier, several NCP leaders and corporators returned to the Sharad Pawar camp a day after resigning from the Ajit Pawar faction on July 17. At Sharad Pawar’s residence in Pune, the former NCP’s Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane, was among the leaders who joined his faction. In reaction to this, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) working president Supriya Sule said that Sharad Pawar has been working for development in Maharashtra and at the Centre for the last 60 years, and even people from the opposition look at him with great hope.
The Nationalist Congress Party split last year when Ajit Pawar led some MLAs to join the ruling Eknath Shinde Sena-led BJP government. In the Lok Sabha elections, the NCP bagged only one of the four seats it contested, whereas the NCP-SP won eight of the ten seats it contested. The Mahayuti alliance — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and the NCP — collectively bagged 17 seats in Maharashtra with BJP securing nine seats and the Shiv Sena seven.
Earlier today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched sharp attacks on former Union Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) supremo Sharad Pawar over corruption, accusing him of “institutionalising” corruption. Shah said, “They (the opposition) are speaking about corruption. The biggest mastermind of corruption in Indian politics is Sharad Pawar and I have no confusion in that. What will they accuse us of now? If somebody has done the job of institutionalising corruption, Sharad Pawar, it is you. And you are accusing us of corruption?”
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Ajit Pawar -: Ajit Pawar is a politician in India and the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a state in India.
NCP -: NCP stands for National Congress Party, which is a political party in India.
local body elections -: Local body elections are elections to choose leaders for local government areas like cities or villages.
Maharashtra -: Maharashtra is a state in western India, known for its capital city, Mumbai.
Sharad Pawar -: Sharad Pawar is a senior Indian politician and the founder of the National Congress Party (NCP).
Union Home Minister -: The Union Home Minister is a high-ranking official in the Indian government responsible for internal security and domestic policy.
Amit Shah -: Amit Shah is an Indian politician and the current Union Home Minister of India.
corruption -: Corruption means dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people like politicians.
Mahayuti alliance -: The Mahayuti alliance is a political coalition in Maharashtra that includes the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP.
BJP -: BJP stands for Bharatiya Janata Party, a major political party in India.
Shiv Sena -: Shiv Sena is a regional political party in Maharashtra, India.
Lok Sabha elections -: Lok Sabha elections are national elections in India to choose members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament.
