Maharashtra in the bag, Ajit Pawar sets sight on Delhi polls; eyes national party tag for NCP

Pawar said the leaders of the Mahayuti confederation were gathering for the archetypal clip connected Thursday evening aft the predetermination results were announced.
“We are united… There are nary differences,” helium said.

Pawar besides said the absorption MVA conjugation was blaming the EVMs (electronic voting machines) arsenic they did not get the desired results successful the Assembly elections.

“There is nary information to their allegations. They are blaming EVMs due to the fact that they did not get a favourable effect successful the assembly elections,” Pawar told reporters successful New Delhi.

The Congress and NCP-SP person raised doubts implicit the usage of EVMs successful the behaviour of Assembly elections and demanded a instrumentality to the signifier of utilizing ballot insubstantial for polling.

Pawar pointed retired that the absorption parties person won elections successful Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, and Kerala utilizing EVMs.

“In the parliament elections also, EVMs were good due to the fact that the effect was successful their (Maha Vikas Aghadi) favour. In Assembly elections, the effect is antithetic and they are present uncovering responsibility with the EVMs.”

Asked astir his plans for the aboriginal of the NCP, Pawar said his enactment enjoyed the presumption of a nationalist enactment and would enactment to regain that tag.

“We request to enactment much now, we volition combat and we volition execute success,” Pawar said.

“Our adjacent people is the Delhi Assembly elections. We volition soon clasp the nationalist normal of the NCP successful the nationalist capital,” helium said.

Ajit Pawar successful Delhi for power-sharing talks

Pawar said helium was successful the nationalist superior to sermon power-sharing statement successful Maharashtra aft the ruling Mahayuti confederation won a thumping mandate successful the precocious held Assembly elections.

On the adjacent main curate (CM) of Maharashtra, Pawar said the decision volition beryllium taken astatine a meeting he, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person Devendra Fadnavis, and outgoing main curate Eknath Shinde volition person with cardinal leaders of the BJP.

Pawar said the ruling confederation had consciously decided against putting up a CM look for the Assembly elections.

“If specified a determination had been made prematurely, things could person gone wrong. Some parties mightiness consciousness they are being sidelined, starring to disorder astir wherever they should absorption their efforts. In the past, specified situations person occurred. Initially, our people was to unafraid arsenic galore seats arsenic imaginable for our alliance, and we received enactment accordingly, which was disposable to everyone,” Pawar said.

“Our archetypal people was to bring Mahayuti backmost to powerfulness successful the state. We person created history. No enactment oregon conjugation had won specified a immense victory. Our confederation won 235 seats, which is amended than the 222 seats won by the Congress successful the 1972 elections,” helium said.

The Mahayuti confederation won 235 seats successful the Assembly elections with the BJP bagging 132 seats, Shiv Sena 57, and NCP 41. Smaller parties successful the confederation won 5 seats.