"My advise to the Union government is, do not let farmers of Punjab get upset, it is a border state. If we upset the farmers and people from border regions, then there will be other ramifications," Pawar said.
The NCP has already announced that it will contest the 2022 UP polls in alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar condemned the raids and called them 'politically motivated'.
"Gadkari is a great example of how a people's representative can work for the development of the country," Sharad Pawar added.
The former Union minister also averred that the Nationalist Congress Party may have differences with the Congress, but still swears by the ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Enforcement Directorate was never used before the way it is being used these days. It is clear that government is using this agency to pressurise Opposition leaders. It (ED raids) is not happening only in Maharashtra but in MP, Rajasthan, Punjab and some southern states also, said NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
Sonia Gandhi's meeting is seen as a part of the Congress' efforts to unite various Opposition parties to evolve a common strategy against the BJP-led NDA government.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday held a virtual meeting with top opposition leaders including some chief ministers, amid efforts to evolve a common strategy against the NDA government.
Those who believe in democracy and secularism must come together and draw up a "time-bound action program", NCP supremo Sharad Pawar said after taking part in a virtual meeting of opposition leaders convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday.
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) have decided to fight together in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The move is aimed at defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While Uddhav Thackeray had on Sunday visited the flood-affected Chiplun, his deputy Ajit Pawar visited various rain-hit villages in the Sangli district on Monday.
"Why can't BJP and NCP come together?", asks Union Minister for Social Justice, Ramdas Athawale
The meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and PM Modi lasted for nearly an hour, reports said.
Talking to India TV, Sharad Pawar said, "Reports that I can be a candidate in the presidential election is absolutely untrue."
Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday following prolonged illness at a city hospital. "With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab a few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return," said the thespian's longtime aide Faisal Farooqui in a tweet.
The 84-year-old priest-activist Stan Swamy, arrested under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Elgar Parishad case, died at a Mumbai hospital Monday in the middle of his fight for bail on health grounds.
The government and farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks so far, the last being on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the protest.
Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against a Mumbai resident for posting an objectionable photograph of Sharad Pawar on social media.
Sharad Pawar has cleared the air regarding Congress' inclusion in the Third Front, if raised. The 80-year-old leader said that Congress would certainly be part of any such alternative force.
Prashant Kishor was instrumental in the thumping victory of the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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