Pawar on Shiv Sena's Rs 10 meal scheme: 'You will run govt or Cook?'

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Shar Pawar took a dig at Shiv Sena on Saturday for its poll scheme of providing meals at Rs.10. Ahe of  Maharashtra Assembly polls, Sena h anunced  scheme of proving poor with a full meal for Rs.10. NCP chief mocked and questioned Shiv Sena. NCP leer questioned Shiv-Sena's promise and asked if people want m to run a government or cook meals.

 "And w this Rs 10 meal scheme. Are people asking you to run state or to cook meals?" Pawar asked.

NCP Chief also mocked and reminded  Shiv-Sena about ir poll promise in 90's poll scheme of providing food at subsidised rates. 

'Why re is a need for nine rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?'

NCP leer also hit out at statements me by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. In a rally, chief minister said that re is 'fight' in this election. "If re is strong opponent in se polls, why re is a need for nine rallies of prime minister Narendra Modi, twenty rallies of home minister Amit Shah?" y will find out on October 24 when `gulal' (of victory) will be applied to our candidate," Pawar ded.

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'BJP raising emotional issues'

Earlier speaking to media at a rally, attacking BJP, Shar Pawar said BJP raises emotive issues and has solutions to burning problems in Maharashtra like farmer suicide and drought. He also targeted  BJP-led NDA government, he said central ncies like ED and CBI are being used to harass political opponents.

" BJP has solutions to burning problems in state like farmer suicides and drought. refore, it is raising emotional issues like Article 370 and Ram Mandir in election," he said.

(With PTI inputs)

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