Kalmadi sends feelers to NCP; Pawar non-committal
Congress MP Suresh Kalamdi has made the first move to mend fences with the NCP to share power in the 144-member house of Pune Municipal Corporation.
By Agencies |
| Suresh Kalmadi, Congress MP | |
PUNE: Taking advantage of the rift between the Nationalist Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party that triggered the dismantling of the ���Pune pattern���, Congress MP Suresh Kalamdi has made the first move to mend fences with the NCP to share power in the 144-member house of Pune Municipal Corporation.
Mr Kalmadi, whose antagonism towards state minister Ajit Pawar had led to the formation of the ���Pune Pattern���, an alliance between the BJP, the NCP and the Shiv Sena in the PMC, made use of the opportunity at a function and expressed his desire to NCP president Sharad Pawar to join hands in keeping with both the parties��� alliance in the state and at Mr Pawar, who was on a two-day visit here, shared dais with Mr Kalmadi at foundation-laying ceremony of a state forest department project where the latter made the offer.
Referring to Mr Pawar���s earlier statement that he had left the matter to the local NCP leadership, Mr Kalmadi said, ���It will be in the interest of the city���s development if the NCP high command advises the local leaders to pursue the political alignment between the two parties already existing in Mumbai and Delhi.���
The NCP president, however, chose to ignore Mr Kalmadi���s overtures saying: ���This is not the forum to discuss these matters.���
Mr Kalmadi, whose antagonism towards state minister Ajit Pawar had led to the formation of the ���Pune Pattern���, an alliance between the BJP, the NCP and the Shiv Sena in the PMC, made use of the opportunity at a function and expressed his desire to NCP president Sharad Pawar to join hands in keeping with both the parties��� alliance in the state and at Mr Pawar, who was on a two-day visit here, shared dais with Mr Kalmadi at foundation-laying ceremony of a state forest department project where the latter made the offer.
Referring to Mr Pawar���s earlier statement that he had left the matter to the local NCP leadership, Mr Kalmadi said, ���It will be in the interest of the city���s development if the NCP high command advises the local leaders to pursue the political alignment between the two parties already existing in Mumbai and Delhi.���
The NCP president, however, chose to ignore Mr Kalmadi���s overtures saying: ���This is not the forum to discuss these matters.���
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