Pawar supportive of Mamata's aim to cobble up a non-Congress alliance: Fadnavis
The Hindu
Their intent is to keep the grand old party aside, he says
West Bengal Chief Minister which was to stitch up an alliance of non-Congress parties, said former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis while claiming that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, ally in Maharashtra, was supportive of Ms. Banerjee’s aims.
Speaking in Mumbai on Thursday, Mr. Fadnavis further said that any strategy chalked up by non-BJP parties would have no effect on the BJP as Prime Minister Narendra Modi would again emerge triumphant in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
“Meeting industrialists was merely a cover for Mamata Didi’s visit. As it becomes obvious that 2024 too will go Prime Minister Modi’s way, the other parties are indulging in these political manoeuvrings… While Mamata Didi speaks directly, Mr. Pawar speaks between the lines. But their intent is the same which is to keep the Congress aside, and Mr. Pawar agrees with Ms. Banerjee’s views on this,” the BJP leader said.













