Striking Transport Workers Being Misled: Sharad Pawar After House Protest
NDTV
Sharad Pawar said that those desperate to snatch power from the MVA government are trying to destabilise the state government by misusing the power of the Centre.
The MVA government has been trying to resolve the issues of striking employees of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) but they are being "misled and provoked" by some people leading them, National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Sunday as he referred to the protest held outside his residence in Mumbai.
Addressing a rally of NCP workers at Amravati in east Maharashtra, Mr Pawar also said that those desperate to snatch power from the MVA government are trying to destabilise the state government by misusing the power of the Centre.
"The state government has been making constant efforts to resolve the issues of the state transport workers but their leadership has gone into the wrong hands. Some people are trying to provoke ST workers. What happened at my home (in Mumbai) is not a crisis, it should not be given any importance," Pawar said.
A group of striking MSRTC employees had staged a sudden and fierce protest outside 'Silver Oak', Mr Pawar's bungalow on Pedder Road in south Mumbai, on Friday afternoon when he was at home, accusing him of not doing anything to help them.
