State Congress angry with NCP-BJP understanding in Zilla Parishad elections, agreement between MVA parties
State Congress angry with NCP-BJP understanding in Zilla Parishad elections, agreement between MVA parties
The Maharashtra Congress unit continued its attack on ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the second day in a row and reiterated that it stabbed the party in the back in the election of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti presidents.
“NCP has stabbed the Congress in the back despite all the three parties agreeing to bring the MVA to power in the local bodies. The NCP openly joined hands with the BJP, which is unacceptable.Nana PatoleMaharashtra Congress President
On Wednesday, state Congress president Nana Patole, annoyed by the NCP joining hands with the BJP in the Gondia Zilla Parishad, had said, “The NCP has agreed in advance to bring the MVA to power in the local bodies of the three parties. Despite this, the Congress has been stabbed in the back. The NCP has openly joined hands with the BJP, which is unacceptable.
On Thursday, Mr Patole reminded the NCP of the written agreement between the three parties, which was himself signed by NCP state president Jayant Patil and senior Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai. The agreement, signed on January 30, 2022, after the local body elections in the state, said that along with winning more seats, it is important that the MVA bring more and more chairpersons to these local bodies in mutual coordination.
However, according to sources, the tactic of the NCP, which controls the finance department, is also behind Mr. Patole’s crackdown. Projects, especially those of Congress ministers, get delayed or stalled. Congress party ministers have been complaining internally for a long time that their projects are stalled or delayed.
Recently, a group of party MLAs wrote to Congress President Sonia Gandhi complaining about the lack of coordination by their own ministers and the state leadership. He had also complained of paucity of funds for development activities in his constituencies. Ministers have also been expressing their dissatisfaction over the persistent blockages in the projects proposed by their departments. “It seems both these parties want to disappoint us,” a Congress minister said on the condition of anonymity.
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