In an article, a senior RSS leader questioned the BJP move to enter an alliance with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, terming the move “ill-advised”. The BJP and its ally in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party, seem to have hit a rocky road after their rivals, the INDIA alliance, won more Lok Sabha seats in the state. The two parties on Thursday engaged in a war of words over an article in Organiser, a weekly known to be close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The article had criticised the BJP for contesting the elections along with Ajit Pawar’s NCP.
The INDIA bloc won 30 seats in the recently held Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its allies won 17, of which NCP scored only one. Maharashtra sends second-highest representatives to the Lok Sabha – 48 – only next to Uttar Pradesh’s 80. According to reports, the BJP has launch an internal survey to assess if they contest alone in the Assembly elections to be held later this year.
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Senior RSS leader questioned the BJP move to enter an alliance with the Ajit Pawar
In an article, a senior RSS leader questioned the BJP’s move to enter an alliance with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, terming the move “ill-advised”. “Why is this ill-advise step taken? BJP supporters were hurt because they had fight against this Congress ideology for years and were persecut. In a single stroke, BJP reduced its brand value,” RSS’ Ratan Sharda wrote in the article.
“Maharashtra is a prime example of unnecessary politicking and avoidable manipulations. Well-performing parliamentarians were ignore to accommodate such late comers,” it added. Hitting back, BJP leader Pravin Darekar said, “The RSS is like a father figure to all of us. There is no need to make comments about the RSS. Sooraj Chavan should not have rushed to comment on the organisation. The BJP has not commented against the NCP. It will be better if such issues are discussed during NDA meetings.”
The first signs of discord between the two parties emerged when the NCP denied a Minister of State post in the new government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel both expressed a desire for a cabinet berth while rejecting the offer.
The argument from the NCP’s side is that Mr Patel, as a former cabinet minister, is too senior a figure to hold a junior minister’s post. Ajit Pawar told reporters his party is “ready to wait” for that cabinet berth. Mr Patel is similarly resolute, telling reporters, ” earlier cabinet minister (in the Congress-led UPA government and made MoS (Minister of State) is a demotion.”
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