Pawar says he will participate in Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he will participate in the Congresss Bharat Jodo Yatra when it enters Maharashtra as an attempt is being made through it to bring harmony in societyTalking to reporters here Pawar said state Congress leaders Ashok Chavan and Balasaheb Thorat had met him and extended an invitation to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra a mass outreach programme when it enters the state on November 7The Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to cover a distance of 3570 km in 150 days It started on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and will conclude in Jammu and KashmirSenior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is leading the yatra has so far covered four states Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka and Andhra PradeshPawar said The yatra is a Congress party programme But through this initiative an attempt is being made to bring harmony in the society So some of us from different parties will join the yatra wherever possible when it is in the stateAlso read Search on to locate Black Box of Army chopper that crashed in ArunachalTo another question Pawar scoffed at politics being done over the elections of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCIOne should not bring politics into some fields Those who do it are ignorant When I was the BCCI president Gujarats representative was present prime minister Narendra Modi Arun Jaitley represented Delhi while Anurag Thakur represented Himachal Pradesh Our job is to provide facilities to players We dont bother about other issues the NCP chief saidWorld Cup winner Roger Binny was recently elected as the 36th president of the BCCI taking over from Sourav Ganguly to run the worlds richest cricket boardJay Shah was reelected as the secretary for a second successive term The other office bearers who were elected unopposed included treasurer Ashish Shelar vicepresident Rajeev Shukla and joint secretary Devjit SaikiaOn former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackerays tour of Aurangabad district on Sunday Pawar said It is good he is travelling to meet farmers His health has improvedwhy have doubts He should put the demands of farmers before the state and central governments If the farmers benefit it is goodIn June this year the Thackerayled Maha Vikas Aghadi government which comprised the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress collapsed after Sena leader Eknath Shinde and 39 other legislators rebelled against the party leadershipShinde later became the chief minister with the BJPs supportThis 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