BJP trying to break its allies NCP and Shiv Sena, claims Rohit Pawar

The Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party SP general secretary Rohit Pawar on Thursday claimed the BJP was trying to break its own allies Shiv Sena and the NCP in Maharashtra by inducting their leaders reported the PTIThe Opposition party MLA alleged that the BJP heading the Mahayuti government in the state has launched Operation Lotus Part 2 to lure leaders from the Shiv Sena and the NCP and bring them into its foldThe Shiv Sena and the NCP headed by Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar respectively are constituents of the ruling Mahayuti allianceThe first Operation Lotus was about breaking Sharad Pawar sahebs party undivided NCP and Uddhav Thackerays party united Shiv Sena But Operation Lotus Part 2 is about breaking the Ajit Pawarled NCP and the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena according to the PTIYesterday we saw some former MLAs and NCP leaders from Solapur joining the BJP Similarly some leaders from the Shindeled Shiv Sena have also joined the BJP in Marathwada the legislator said while speaking to reporters in Pune the news agency reportedThe NCP SP politician maintained that a time will come when Ajit Pawar and Shinde will return to their original foldThe united Shiv Sena and the NCP split in 2022 and 2023 respectively when Shinde and Ajit Pawar joined hands with the BJP along with the MLAs supporting themFIR filed after MLA Rohit PawarMeanwhile the police in Mumbai have registered an FIR against unidentified individuals after Maharashtra NCP SP MLA Rohit Pawar demonstrated the creation of a fake Aadhaar card in the name of US President Donald Trump and its alleged use to register bogus voters officials said on Thursday as per the PTIPawar described the filing of the FIR as ldquolaughablerdquo insisting he was merely highlighting flaws in the Aadhaar system and had not engaged in any forgerySpeaking to reporters in Pune on Thursday the Opposition MLA said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should have contacted him directly to obtain details and ordered an inquiry into the matterldquoBut after wasting 15 days all theyrsquove done is file a pointless FIRrdquo said the NCP SP general secretaryOn 16 October Pawar held a press conference where he demonstrated how fake Aadhaar cards could be created via a website and subsequently used to register bogus votersBJPrsquos social media cell coconvener Dhananjay Wagaskar reportedly viewed this demonstration on a YouTube channel which also made allegations against a BJP officebearerTaking serious note of the content Wagaskar lodged a police complaint against the unidentified creator owner and user of the website among others a police official confirmedAccording to the FIR the complainant alleged that the political leaderrsquos actions amounted to a fraudulent act that endangered social security and sought to incite anger and hatred against an ldquoautonomous institution in Indiardquo and the BJPBy creating fake Aadhaar cards via a bogus website an attempt was allegedly made to mislead the public and stir discord and enmity between different groups in society the complaint statedFollowing the complaint cyber police on Tuesday registered a case against two unidentified individuals under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to forgery identity theft and the circulation of false information along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Actwith PTI inputs