NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday hit back at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his jibe that `there is no wrestler to fight with' in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying one doesn't fight with "kids".
NCP chief Sharad Pawar's statements in recent rallies show his "restraint" is over as he is staring at defeat in Maharashtra Assembly elections, BJP working chief J P Nadda said here.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar mocked the Shiv Sena on Saturday for its poll promise to provide a meal at Rs 10, reminding that it had, in the past, introduced `zunka-bhakar' centres which later vanished.
Pawar is seen as the only opposition leader of NCP alliance who has been addressing rallies for October 21 state election, in which the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is expecting a smooth victory.
"We will retire Sharad Pawar permanently from social and political life after results of assembly elections are out," Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil said.
Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said on Saturday that he resigned as MLA in keeping with his "conscience" after his uncle and party chief Sharad Pawar's name was embroiled in the alleged MSC Bank scam for no reason.
The BJP, meanwhile, pointed out that the probe in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam, over which the ED has filed the case, began when a Congress-NCP government was in power.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier this week filed the money-laundering case against Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar, a former deputy chief minister, and others in connection with alleged scam in the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB).
Social activist Anna Hazare has expressed surprise over NCP president Sharad Pawar's naming cropping up in the multi-crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam.
This is after on Tuesday the ED named Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar in an alleged multi-crore scam in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank Ltd.
Bank Scam: Police lathicharge on NCP workers protesting outside ED office in Mumbai. NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar are accused of bank fraud worth Rs 25,000 crores.
The Enforcement Directorate has booked NCP chief Sharad Pawar, his nephew and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and 68 others in a criminal case of money laundering linked to the alleged Rs 25000-crore scam in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank
In Marathi, the word 'Yeda' or 'Yedi' is a slang for going crazy or even bonkers. ED has filed an FIR against Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar for money laundering.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has booked former Union Minister Sharad Pawar and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Money laundering allegations are in connection with Maharashtra State Co-Operative Bank.
Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has stoked a controversy by saying that only a Pulwama attack-like incident can change the mood of the people in Maharashtra, who have resentment for the incumbent Devendra Fadnavis government.
Justifying his contentions, the former Defence Minister pointed out that he had visited Pakistan several times and was always accorded warm hospitality.
A senior Congress leader, related to the development, said that the two leaders discussed the issues of alliance between the Congress and NCP along with regional parties opposed to the state's ruling BJP-Shiv Sena coalition.
Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday questionned NCP president Sharad Pawar's "contribution" in providing financial aid to farmers in Maharashtra when he was a minister in the erstwhile UPA government at the Centre. Shah was in the south Maharashtra city to attend a rally on the occasion of culmination of the second leg of the 'Mahajanadesh Yatra' launched on August 1 by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Fadnavis, however, said one needs to sense what is in store for the future, adding that people have faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCP leaders don't see a future for themselves in that party.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday expressed shock over the death of senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
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