Ankush Kakade, president of NCP (SP) Pune city.
Ankush Kakade, president of NCP (SP) Pune metropolis unit, has been successful the forefront of campaigning for each MVA candidates successful the city. Kakade, who is besides the erstwhile politician of Pune and a adjacent adjutant of NCP (SP) main Sharad Pawar, is assured the MVA volition triumph each 8 Pune metropolis seats.
Excerpts from an interrogation with Manoj More:
The campaigning ended today. How is your enactment and the MVA placed successful the city?
We are successful a acold amended presumption than the BJP-led Mahayuti. We are assured of winning each 8 seats successful Pune. Our enactment is contesting connected 4 seats and we volition triumph each of them.
On what grounds are you making specified claims?
This is simply a information and you volition travel to cognize connected November 23. There is an ambiance of negativity successful Maharashtra since the BJP-led Mahayuti came to power. The Eknath Shinde-led authorities has failed connected each fronts. Inflation has been rising, industries and jobs are going to Gujarat, women’s information is poor, farmers are ending their lives, workplace nutrient is not fetching bully prices. What has the Mahayuti authorities done? Nothing. Why volition the radical of Maharashtra ballot for them?
Isn’t the Ladki Bahin Yojana going to beryllium a large game-changer arsenic claimed by Mahayuti leaders?
Not astatine all. They remembered their ‘Ladki Bahin’ lone erstwhile they failed successful the Lok Sabha elections. They knew they volition suffer if they don’t person thing up their sleeves. So they brought successful Ladki Bahin Yojana. But Ladki Bahin Yojana has deed improvement enactment crossed Maharashtra. You tin spell and inquire the territory collectors, however each improvement funds person been diverted to wage the monthly assistance to women. People of this authorities are sensible, they cognize the authorities is offering them bribes to bargain votes. They volition the enactment authorities successful its close place.
But the BJP-led Mahayuti implemented Metro task successful Pune?
In the archetypal place, who started the Pune Metro project? Who conceived and planned it? It was done erstwhile the Congress-NCP was successful powerfulness successful Maharashtra and UPA astatine the Centre. But who stopped the Metro task from taking off? It was the erstwhile BJP MP from Pune. They kept debating whether the Metro should beryllium underground oregon elevated. A batch of clip was wasted connected this. They opposed our plan. And truthful the Metro was delayed and its outgo went up.
What is your appraisal of the wide concern prevailing successful Maharashtra?
Like the Lok Sabha elections, the MVA volition bash good successful the Assembly elections also. We volition support the momentum going. People expressed their choler during the Lok Sabha elections against the BJP-led Mahayuti. Between Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the authorities and cardinal governments person done thing to alleviate the miseries of people. Except for breaking parties, stealing names and symbols, the BJP has done nothing. It launches a tiny task and makes a large noise.
Is the MVA agreed successful Maharashtra and Pune arsenic well?
Of course, it is. Our leaders person addressed respective rallies crossed Maharashtra. There is afloat coordination betwixt everyone.
What are your views connected Baramati? Ajit Pawar oregon Yugendra Pawar?
Baramati admires the mode Sharad Pawar has ensured their development. Old-timers successful Baramati are afloat with our nationalist president. While the youngsters are divided betwixt Ajit Pawar and Yugendra Pawar. I deliberation radical volition ballot for Yugendra arsenic helium has been backed by Sharad Pawar.
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