NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday asked NCP workers to ‘adjust’ with its ruling companion Shiv Sena at the ground level, reported Maharashtra Times.
Ajit Pawar asked NCP cadre to do so contemplating the future prospects of his celebration with Shiv Sena. Apart from Ajit Pawar, quite a few other NCP leaders also directed workers to do the identical to make sure that the alliance remains intact.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is the second big constituent in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which also involves the Congress.
At a meeting held in south Mumbai earlier in the day, senior NCP leaders also discussed the “ground-level situation” with the celebration leaders who had lost the final year’s Assembly elections, a celebration leader mentioned.
“The NCP is in alliance with the Shiv Sena now. Party president Sharad Pawar had earlier talked about ensuring the alliance remains intact. So, the party workers were asked to adjust with the Shiv Sena at the ground-level,” the leader mentioned.
“Some of the candidates of the NCP had lost the (Assembly) elections (in 2019) against Shiv Sena nominees. The Sena is now an ally of the NCP. So, the meeting was held to discuss the ground-level situation with the defeated candidates,” the celebration leader mentioned.
Of the total 288 seats, the NCP had contested from 121 constituencies in the 2019 Assembly polls and won 54.
The Sena, which had fought the elections along with the BJP, later fell out with that celebration following variations more than sharing the post of the chief minister.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led celebration then joined hands with the NCP and the Congress to kind a government in November final year.
(With inputs from PTI)