Former PMs worked to make new India: Sharad Pawar

The Nationalist Congress Party NCPSP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday claimed that former prime ministers worked to make a new India but PM Narendra Modi only criticises others according to the PTISharad Pawar on Monday said that PM Modi does not speak about what his government had done for the people in the last ten years as per the PTIAddressing a campaign rally in Maharashtras Amravati district for a Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA candidate Sharad Pawar said that the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehrus contribution to the country cannot be questioned the PTI reportedHe claimed some BJP leaders had spoken publicly about changing the Constitution and appealed to the people to not allow autocracy to take shape in IndiaA highprofile poll battle is shaping up in the Amravati constituency for Lok Sabha elections 2024 where the BJP has fielded Navneet Rana the sitting MP who won the 2019 polls as an Independent candidate against Balwant Wankhede of CongressSharad Pawar alleged PM Modi was trying to create fear and emulating Russian President Vladamir Putin the news agency reported on MondaySharad Pawar said he has come to apologise to the people of Amravati for the mistake he had committed in the 2019 elections by supporting the candidate Navneet RanaIn the last elections I had sought the support of people and made an appeal to elect Rana People elected the candidate I had appealed for Time has come to amend that mistake he said reported the PTIBalwant Wankhede who belongs to Congress is contesting the election as a candidate of the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising Shiv Sena UBT NCP Sharadchandra Pawar and CongressAfter Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru I saw the working of almost all PMs ranging from Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao to Manmohan Singh Their efforts were to make a new India but the incumbent PM only criticises Sharad Pawar said as per the news agencyHe said that no one in history can forget the contribution of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru but the prime minister Modi continuously criticises himInstead of telling what the Central government did in the last ten years he Modi keeps criticising others Sharad Pawar added the PTI reportedWe fear that a new Putin is in the making in India he saidHe hailed Shiv Sena UBT led by Uddhav Thackeray for shouldering the responsibility to protect the national interest by working closely with the Congress and the NCP SP like in the pastwith PTI inputs