PARTH: Won't ask anyone to take back nomination
BARAMATI, April 7 -- NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said his party will not reach out to the Congress to seek an unopposed win in the assembly by-election in Baramati, where his mother and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar is contesting. He also warned that the Congress would face political consequences for entering the fray.
"We are not going to make any phone call to anyone (for withdrawal of nomination). Whatever is written in destiny, it will happen. But I am sad there is a downfall of Congress in Maharashtra," Parth Pawar told the media in Baramati on Monday.
The Congress has fielded Akash More for the by-election, scuttling the NCP's hope of an unopposed victory for its party chief - unless it withdraws from the race. However, Parth's remarks defy the party's line, where senior leaders including Sunil Tatkare have maintained that the party was trying to contact Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge for an unopposed election.
"Praful Patel and I are trying to ensure an unopposed poll. We will urge Khargeji and make him understand the stature of Ajitdada in the state and the background in which this election is taking place," said Tatkare.
The Mahayuti had urged parties to allow an uncontested by-poll as a mark of respect to Ajit Pawar. Constituents of the MVA stayed away, but Congress chose to field More....
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