Maha Vikas Aghadi gets new CM aspirant from Congress, Dy CM Pawar says free to dream

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has presented himself as a chief ministerial aspirant claiming that his party will contest next assembly polls alone. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar responded to the remark saying it was not a crime to dream. 

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has created a flutter in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling alliance led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray by pitching himself as a chief ministerial aspirant. Speaking at a public function in Maharashtra’s Akola, Nana Patole said the Congress would contest the next assembly polls alone while presenting himself as a chief ministerial candidate. Nana Patole said, “We will be going solo in all the forthcoming local body elections as well as the assembly polls. Won't you like to see Nana Patole as the chief minister?”