'Congress to contest all polls separately' declares Maha head Nana Patole; BJP wonders why

Rupturing the Maha Vikas Agahadi alliance, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Saturday, made it clear that Congress will contest all local body and assembly elections separately going forward. Addressing Congress workers in Amravati's Tivasa, he asked, 'Don't you want to make Nana Patole as CM in 2024?'. Asserting that Congress would be the biggest party in 2024 in the state, he said that no amount of sidelining will make Congress go. Nana Patole: 'Congress will contest elections separately' While speaking in Amravati, Patole said, "I am the Congress chief of state. So, I will give the point of view of my party. I don't know what he (Sharad Pawar) said but Congress has made it very clear that we will be going solo in all local body elections and assembly polls. Don't you want to see Nana Patole made CM?" Miffed with Pawar's recent praise for Sena, he said, "Congress is the original party. We don't need anybody's certificate. Even if somebody (Pawar) is sidelining us, that doesn't mean Congress will be sidelined. Congress will only remain the top party in Maharashtra by 2024." Furthermore, he slammed the Modi govt for its COVID mismanagement, highlighting oxygen, drugs, and injection shortage. He also claimed that PM Modi did not have time to meet farmers who have been protesting for 6 months now. BJP reacts to Patole Surprised at Congress' departure from the 3-way alliance, BJP MLA Ram Kadam claimed that Patole's declaration of himself as a CM was a clear indication of his doubts on Uddhav Thackeray's proficiency. Claiming that Sena-NCP were sidelining Congress, he said the sorrow was evident in the Congress chief's statement. Patole has often made remarks contradicting his own allies, be it own the Sachin Vaze case, EVMs, Veer Savarkar etc. कॉंग्रेस अध्यक्ष @NANA_PATOLE यांचे विधान.. त्यांना मुख्यमंत्री व्हायचे आहे. हे स्पष्ट दर्शवते की त्यांचा मुख्यमंत्री @OfficeofUT उद्भव ठाकरे यांच्या कार्यशैली वर विश्वास नाही.. मागील काही दिवसांपासून ज्या पद्धतीने #शिवसेना आणि #राष्ट्रवादी हे दोन्ही पक्ष कॉंग्रेसला अपमानित pic.twitter.com/yo0OXjD2Be — Ram Kadam - राम कदम (@ramkadam) June 13, 2021 On Friday, addressing party cadres on the 22nd Foundation Day of NCP, Sharad Pawar stated that the Sena is a party that can be trusted. Predicting that the MVA government will fulfill its full 5-year term, he said, "We have established a government having a different ideology. No one would have imagined that Sena and NCP can work together. But we did it and fortunately, people have liked this experiment". Sena & Congress-NCP Sena has often clashed with its ideological polar opposite Congress since the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance over issues like Hindutva, CAA, NRC, Ram Janmabhoomi, Savarkar, COVID-19 etc, with NCP playing the peacemaker. Several ministers from NCP and Congress have accused Uddhav Thackeray of depending more on bureaucrats than his alliance partners, alleging that they were being 'sidelined'. Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, minister Ashok Chavan have openly stated that the party has had no say in any of the decisions being taken by the Thackeray government. All three allies have maintained that the alliance is safe, but BJP has often asserted that the MVA govt will fall on its own.

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'Congress to contest all polls separately' declares Maha head Nana Patole; BJP wonders why

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Saturday, made it clear that Congress will contest all local body and assembly elections separately going forward.

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