Ladki Bahin scheme, religious polarisation may have played role: Sharad Pawar on Mahayuti victory

Responding to a query connected his status from progressive politics, Pawar tersely said helium and his enactment colleagues volition decide.

Speaking to reporters successful Karad metropolis successful Satara district, Pawar acknowledged that the NCP led by his nephew and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar secured much seats than the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), adding “Everyone knows who founded the NCP”.

“The Ladki Bahin strategy and spiritual polarisation played a role. Women’s information successful ample numbers could beryllium the crushed for the Mahayuti expanse successful Maharashtra. We volition survey the reasons for the debacle and instrumentality indispensable steps,” helium said.

Pawar asserted that the NCP (SP) would spell to radical by re-energising the caller leadership.

Responding to a query connected EVMs, a time aft Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut expressed doubts implicit the monolithic verdict successful Mahayuti’s favour, Pawar said helium would talk astir EVMs lone if helium has authoritative data.

Pawar suffered the worst-ever decision successful his governmental vocation successful Maharashtra polls with the NCP faction led by him winning lone 10 seats successful the 288-member House, portion the Ajit Pawar-led NCP bagged 41.

The Mahayuti scored a monolithic triumph with the BJP winning 132 seats, Shiv Sena led by Shinde 57, and NCP 41. In contrast, the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi was restricted to 46 seats.

Pawar said the canvass result helium had witnessed successful his nationalist beingness was unprecedented.

“The MVA conjugation enactment successful a batch of hard enactment but the desired results were not achieved adjacent though radical responded positively to MVA during campaigning,” the NCP (SP) main added.

He said the MVA was much assured aft achieving occurrence successful Lok Sabha elections, adding that much enactment needs to beryllium done.

When asked if helium was jolted by the canvass outcome, Pawar said, “The canvass results were declared yesterday. Today I americium successful Karad. Those who were demoralised would person sat astatine home”.

He besides said fielding his grandnephew Yugendra Pawar against Ajit Pawar connected the location turf of Baramati wasn’t a incorrect determination arsenic idiosyncratic had to contention the elections.

Ajit Pawar defeated Yugendra by a borderline of implicit 1 lakh votes to triumph the eighth word successful Baramati.

“Ajit Pawar and Yugendra Pawar cannot beryllium compared. We were alert of this fact,” Sharad Pawar added.