"No Question Of Being Upset": Pankaja Munde On Sister's Cabinet Miss

Pankaja Munde told media that she wasn't so big a leader that BJP will try to finish her politically as was alleged by Shiv Sena in 'Saamana'.

BJP leader Pankaja Munde today said she was not upset with the party leadership's decision of not including her younger sister and two-time MP Pritam Munde into the Union council of ministers, but admitted that there was "negativity" among her supporters due to it. Talking to reporters, she also said she wasn't so big a leader that the party will try to finish her politically as was alleged by the Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece 'Saamana'. "I was born in Vanjara community and that doesn't mean I should be referred to as a Vanjara or OBC leader. I belong to the state. I am a woman leader and I represent the entire state. It would be wrong to portray me as a Vanjara leader," she said. There is no question of being upset, she added. "Pritam Munde was being considered (for a berth in the Union cabinet). Like her, even Heena Gavit was being considered. Pritam is a hardworking and loyal party worker. She won from Beed with a record margin. Not because she is Gopinath Munde's daughter, but because she was a deserving candidate. The party is the ultimate truth. There is no question of me being upset," she said.