UPA should fight next LS polls collectively: Pawar
NCP, a key constituent of the UPA coalition at the Centre, proposed that the entire alliance, comprising a dozen parties, should "collectively" fight the next Lok Sabha elections.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: NCP, a key constituent of the UPA coalition at the Centre, on Friday proposed that the entire alliance, comprising a dozen parties, should "collectively" fight the next Lok Sabha elections.
"Our desire is to contest elections with Congress. We feel the UPA should collectively fight the elections as UPA. We will prefer to fight along with UPA partners throughout India like we do in Maharashtra and Goa," Agriculture Minister and NCP President Sharad Pawar said.
Pawar's remarks assume significance against the backdrop of his meeting with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackarey at the latter's residence sometime ago and his presence at the function where BJP leader L K Advani's book was released in the capital on Wednesday.
He categorically rejected the possibility of going with the BJP and suggested that nothing should be read in the saffron party giving outside support to the coalition government in Meghalaya in which NCP plays an important role.
"Our desire is to contest elections with Congress. We feel the UPA should collectively fight the elections as UPA. We will prefer to fight along with UPA partners throughout India like we do in Maharashtra and Goa," Agriculture Minister and NCP President Sharad Pawar said.
Pawar's remarks assume significance against the backdrop of his meeting with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackarey at the latter's residence sometime ago and his presence at the function where BJP leader L K Advani's book was released in the capital on Wednesday.
He categorically rejected the possibility of going with the BJP and suggested that nothing should be read in the saffron party giving outside support to the coalition government in Meghalaya in which NCP plays an important role.
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