Nationalist Congress Social gathering (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday mentioned the Opposition will win 30-35 seats out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.
Pawar, who was addressing a press convention in Mumbai on Thursday, mentioned he has by no means spoken about merging of his get together with the Congress. “Congress and NCP have been working collectively proper from the beginning. Each events imagine within the ideology of Gandhi and Nehru. We have now contested the elections collectively and even right this moment, we’re serving to one another in each constituency. Since we’ve the identical ideology, it is vital that we should work collectively,” he mentioned.
“5 years in the past, NCP received 4 Lok Sabha seats whereas Congress and MIM had every received one seat…This time, the opposition will win round 30-35 seats in Maharashtra,” mentioned Pawar.
The ruling alliance led by the BJP has already claimed that it’ll win greater than 40 seats in Maharashtra.
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged derogatory speeches in opposition to the Muslim neighborhood throughout election campaigns, Pawar mentioned polling within the first three phases has disturbed Modi.
“The primary three phases of elections haven’t gone too nicely for Narendra Modi and that’s the explanation he’s upset. He modified his tone after two polling phases and began overtly mentioning in regards to the Muslim neighborhood. The extra phases go, he (Modi) will begin feeling extra uncomfortable,” mentioned Pawar.
Commenting on Narendra Modi’s marketing campaign rally in Mumbai on Could 17 the place he will probably be sharing the stage with MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Pawar mentioned it solely goes on to indicate that he (Modi) requires somebody’s assist in Mumbai. “It additionally tells about his confidence,” mentioned Pawar.
Sharad Pawar additionally mentioned that many leaders got here to him with the proposal of becoming a member of palms with the BJP and that he knew that these leaders had been speaking with the saffron get together. Nonetheless, Pawar mentioned, he by no means authorised of coming into into an alliance with the BJP.