‘Atal Bihari NDA had 33 parties, none of them found it unnatural’: Sena criticizes BJP


On the BJP’s accusation that the alliance of Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress in Maharashtra is “unnatural and immoral”, Sanjay Raut del Sena pointed to the coalition of 33 parties with different ideologies in the Democratic Party. National led by Atal Bihari. Alliance (NDA). The leader of the Seine stressed that no one found that government “unnatural.”

“If we had not had Covid-19, closure, floods, cyclone Nisarga, the government would have changed the image of the state. We must remember that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had 33 political parties on board the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with different ideologies, and no one found the government to be unnatural ”, asked Raut on the first anniversary of the initiative led by the dinner. government in Maharashtra.

On Saturday, BJP leader and former Prime Minister Devendra Fadnavis attacked the Shiv Sena-led government, saying it had failed in all respects. He said the government had failed to address the Covid-19 pandemic, solve farmers’ problems, and had not made progress on development projects.

Responding to the BJP, Raut said, several Maharashtra BJP leaders have been saying the government will fall, but they don’t say how. They keep it a secret, he said.

“They depend on central investigation agencies such as the Directorate of Execution (ED) and the CBI. There are attempts to destabilize the government using these agencies. Illegal constructions and those that incite suicide are being protected ”, alleged Raut.

The senior Sena leader said the Madhya Pradesh pattern worked, but the same failed in Rajasthan, referring to the defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has since joined the BJP and the collapse of the Kamal Nath government, while Sachin Pilot whose spirited rebellion against Ashok Gehlot rocked the party is still in Congress.

“There is resentment in governments where there is a clear majority but here we have three political parties. There are ministers and MLA in our alliance that have problems and the prime minister solves them, ”said Raut.

Going into the details of the formation of the government a year ago, Raut, a member of the Rajya Sabha, said that Sharad Pawar was never in favor of forging an alliance with the BJP to form the government in the state and had no secret meetings with the then head of the BJP, Amit Shah. The meeting of the top three-party leaders at the Nehru Center on November 22, Raut said, witnessed the tension between Pawar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, after which the head of the CPN stormed off and Ajit Pawar he sulked minutes later.

“There may be resentment in the government, but it will survive. Although Ajit Pawar had gone ahead by being sworn in as BJP Senior Deputy Minister on November 23, 2019, today he is a true pillar of strength and confidence in the government, ”Raut said in his weekly column on the Saamana party spokesman.

Clearing up the rumors swirling at the time, Raut said: “There were discussions about my meeting with Sharad Pawar ji on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to discuss the formation of our government, but I had been meeting with Pawar ji in a very transparent way. “.

Raut said Pawar told him that NCP was receiving offers from the BJP.

Raut said the government was formed a year ago on November 28, 2019 and has the support of thousands of citizens of the state. Despite the BJP and Shiv Sena winning 170 seats after the elections, the government was formed with the help of other political parties.

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