Why would BJP join us if we're corrupt?: NCP's Supriya Sule's slams BJP over alliance speculations

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) Working President Supriya Sule on Thursday, October 12 dismissed all speculations of the party having talks with BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) regarding coalition ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024. She further launched a scathing attack on the saffron party and slammed them for calling NCP the 'Naturally Corrupt Party'. ‘’Then why would the BJP ally with them and why is Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal trying to spark such a rumour?,'' she stated.

She said, "I want to ask the BJP; on one side, you called the NCP the 'Naturally Corrupt Party'... On the other side, (Chhagan) Bhujbal says that NCP and BJP were having discussions in the back channel... If the NCP is corrupt, then why was the BJP having negotiations with us? This shows that the allegations of corruption by the BJP were false."

"On one side, they were calling us corrupt, and on the other side, they were having back-channel discussions... Doesn't this show the double face of the BJP?" she added.

Pune, Maharashtra | NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MP Supriya Sule says, "I want to ask the BJP; on one side, you called the NCP the 'Naturally Corrupt Party'... On the other side, (Chhagan) Bhujbal says that NCP and BJP were having discussions in the back channel... If the NCP is… pic.twitter.com/zgdjtyNnMN

— ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2023

This comes after Bhujbal alleged that NCP had been in talks with BJP using senior party leaders and later backtracked.

Supriya Sule on I.N.D.I. alliance seat sharing

Meanwhile, Sule on Wednesday stated that discussions regarding seat allocation within the I.N.D.I. alliance are in progress.

She said, "The seat-sharing talks are underway for several states and it has not stopped. Every state has its own permutations and combinations. The work is going on."

#WATCH | Maharashtra: On seat sharing of INDIA alliance, NCP MP Supriya Sule says, "The seat-sharing talks are underway for several states and it has not stopped. Every state has its own permutation & combination. The work is going on..." pic.twitter.com/365WaLircW

— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2023

(With inputs from ANI)