Result of NCP ‘backstabbing’ will be seen soon, says Congress leader Nana Patole

State Congress president Nana Patole has complained to the party high command that going against the alliance dharma the Nationalist Congress Party has been helping the Bharatiya Janata Party in MaharashtraPatole has listed the instances of ldquobackstabbingrdquo that have taken place since the end of 2019 till date saying that the act was an insult to the party president Sonia Gandhi who was instrumental in extending support to the Shiv Sena and NCPrsquos bid of forming a tripartite government based on certain thoughts and commitmentOn his return from the partyrsquos chintan shivir in Udaipur Patole told reporters in Nagpur that the alliance partner in the Maha Vikas Aghadi the NCP has given strength to the BJP in electoral politics against the Congress and discriminated in economic and policyrelated issues in the governmentNana Patole state Congress chiefldquoThe consequences of his complaint will be seen in the coming daysrdquo he said without elaborating much but adding that the high command would take a decision on supporting the MVA government ldquoThe NCP is doing this when we are fighting the BJP which has been dragging the country to a Sri Lankalike situation and using religion for gainsrdquoThe complaint comes in the wake of the recently concluded election of the president and officebearers of zilla parishad and panchayat samitis in Gondia and Bhandara districts The NCP collaborated with the BJP instead of supporting the Congress which had a joint agreement of alliance signed by the MVArsquos two other partnersFunds CMPCongress ministers and legislators have been complaining of discrimination in government funding which is controlled by NCP top gun and deputy CM Ajit Pawar who is also the finance minister The Congress state unit hasnrsquot been happy over the NCPrsquos poaching of its elected representativesLast year Sonia Gandhi had reminded CM Uddhav Thackeray of her partyrsquos agenda for the MVArsquos common minimum programme The letter had come following state party leadersrsquo complaint to the party bossWhen Patole slammed the NCP leadership a week ago DyCM Pawar retorted by questioning his defection to the BJP and returning to the Congress In a counter Patole questioned Pawarrsquos credibility in the wake of his early morning swearingin with the BJP in 2019 and reiterated the same on MondaySolo ride in local pollsThe development is likely to force the Congress to go solo in the forthcoming local body polls Patole gave indications in this regard The party sees an opportunity in the local body polls of the size of mini Assembly polls to reach out to the voters and make connections at the ground level said a senior Congress leaderPartyrsquos top leader Rahul Gandhi was very specific at the shivir in differentiating between the Congress and regional parties incidentally its partners in Maharashtra fall in this category though one has a national status Gandhi said the regional parties didnrsquot have an ideological base Local body polls give Congress an open way to approach every doorstep with its party symbol which remains absent for public display wherever the alliance partner is contesting in the Assembly and Lok Sabha pollsOne family one ticketPatole said the Maharashtra Congress will implement the partyrsquos rule of lsquoone family one poll ticketrsquo in the local body elections ldquoItrsquos a welcome decision taken at the chintan shivir Many deserving candidates didnrsquot get an opportunity in the pastrdquo he said adding that 50 per cent tickets will go to youthldquoCongress is a thought and it is the only alternative to the BJP We donrsquot use illegal means to win polls like the BJPrdquo he stated further