Mumbai, Nov 23, TEN Network | Hours after the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra along with Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar as his deputy, NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s daughter and lawmaker Supriya Sule posted a WhatsApp status with a big message.
The emotional comments of Supriya Sule came on the back of a massive twist in the state after the BJP staged a coup and seized power in the politically crucial state. It came amid the NCP’s negotiations with the Shiv Sena along with the Congress to form an alliance.
While Sule refused to answer reporters’ questions, she has been using WhatsApp to tell her side of the story—a new step in politics.
Sule pointed to Sharad Pawar’s tweet in which the veteran leader said his nephew Ajit Pawar’s decision to support the BJP to form the Maharashtra government was his “personal decision and not that of the Nationalist Congress Party”.
“It is very clear from Mr Pawar’s tweet that there is a split in the NCP,” she said while speaking to HT.
On being asked how many are MLAs are with them, she said: “It will take some time to figure that out. These things take time.”
In another status update, she said, “Who do u trust in life..never felt so cheated in my life…Defended him loved him…look what I get in return.”
Her party had won 54 seats in the October 24 assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 105 seats, the Sena 56, and the Congress at 44. Independents and smaller parties won 29 seats.
The BJP and Sena, which fought the assembly elections in Maharashtra together, fell out over the chief minister’s position and equal distribution of portfolios, ending a three-decade-old alliance.
Governor BS Koshyari invited the BJP, Sena and NCP, respectively, but no party could prove a majority within the prescribed deadline.
President’s Rule was imposed in Maharashtra on November 12 after the governor told the Centre that no party was in a position to form the government in the state.
And on Saturday, the BJP formed a government with NCP’s Ajit Pawar.
The BJP staked claim to form the next government in Maharashtra late on Friday on the strength of its own 105 legislators along with the NCP’s 54 and 11 Independent legislators, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday.
The national party now claims it has the support of 170 legislators, 25 more than the 145 lawmakers needed for the majority mark in the 288-member house. The party has been given a week until November 30 to prove their majority on the floor of the assembly. (HT)
