Maha: Congress is an MVA partner, their issues should be resolved, says Pawar

Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said on Thursday that the issues troubling the Maharashtra Congress should get resolved as it is one of the constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and condemned the alleged attack on Congress Legislative Council member Pradnya SatavMVA comprises the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena the Nationalist Congress Party and CongressAsked about a senior state Congress leaders visit to Delhi amid infighting in the state unit Pawar called it a good move and said there is a need to clear the airldquoWe as one of the constituents of MVA feel that whatever confusion has been created within the Congress following some incidents it should be cleared and the issue should be resolvedrdquo said the former deputy chief ministerAlso readPM Modis visit Traffic restrictions in city on Feb 10 check diversions hereThe state Congress unit has been hit by a crisis particularly after the MLC election to the Nashik graduates constituency where senior leader Balasaheb Thorats nephew Satyajit Tambe won as an independentDays later Thorat wrote to the Congress leadership citing his inability to work with state unit chief Nana Patole due to the latters lsquoangerrsquo towards him He also resigned as the Congress Legislature Party CLP chiefPatole said he was unaware of Thorats move to step down as CLP chief ldquoHe has not been speaking to us for the past few days Maybe he is talking to the mediardquo he had saidPawar also condemned the alleged attack on MLC Satav who is the wife of late Congress leader Rajeev Satav in the Hingoli district The MLC had said that an unknown person attacked her from behind on Wednesday and that there was a threat to her life The police on Thursday arrested a 40yearold in connection with the caseAsked if the Eknath ShindeBJP government was spending a lot on advertisements Pawar sarcastically said this is the ldquogovernment of the common peoplerdquo and the common people wont know about its work if advertisements are not brought outThe NCP leader said a government must have its priorities right ldquoIt is okay if money is spent on a marginalised section to elevate their standard of living That is the job of the government he saidAddressing NCP workers here Pawar asked them to ensure the victory of MVAbacked candidates in the Kasba and PimpriChinchwad bypolls ldquoConcentrate on the bypolls Consider it as the rehearsal for the civic electionsrdquo he saidPawar said some leaders have acquired power at the centre by presenting the Gujarat model ldquoI did a mistake I should have acquired power in the state by showcasing the PimpriChinchwad model It was not done that time but now we can do itrdquo he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever