Maharashtra: ‘Not leaving NCP, evaluations of changing into a member of BJP false’, says Ajit Pawar

The Leader of Opposition from Maharashtra and senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Tuesday put a full stop on the speculations about his shift from the National Congress Party (NCP) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He affirmed that he isn’t leaving the NCP and that no signatures of any MLAs have been obtained to assist the speculated shift.

“I am with NCP, not going anywhere. Nobody took the signatures of any MLAs. These are all baseless speculations,” talked about Ajit Pawar whereas addressing the press conference in Mumbai. The chief turned furious and acknowledged that quite a few rumours are being unfold about his shift from the NCP to the BJP. “I don’t know why people are speculating about my shift from the party. All these are sheer rumours,” he talked about.

He moreover added that quite a few media channels talked about that he could possibly be changing into a member of the BJP. “I don’t understand who spread this. I never said this. These rumours do nothing but affect the working of the party members. I request people to stop spreading the rumours,” Pawar talked about.

Earlier instantly, a report was revealed by the New Indian Express claiming that Senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar had attained the consent of his celebration’s 40 MLAs for his decision to affix arms with BJP. “The signatures of these MLAs are also taken as voluntary consent,” tweeted NIE reporter Sudhir Suryavanshi.

Big enchancment: Senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar will get consent of his celebration’s 40 MLAs for his decision to affix the hand with BJP. The signatures of these MLAs are moreover taken as a voluntary consent. @NewIndianXpress #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/HjQMD6JP17

— Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) April 18, 2023

The comparable was lauded by Nikhil Wagle, a journalist and Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities sympathiser. The journalist congratulated NIE reporter Sudhir Suryavanshi for breaking the Ajit Pawar info which talked about that the chief had attained the consent of about 40 of the 53 NCP MLAs. The report moreover speculated that Ajit Pawar would step into CM Shinde’s footwear assuming that the Supreme Court would disqualify the Sena lawmakers who had rebelled in opposition to Uddhav Thackeray.

Congratulations @ss_suryawanshi for breaking Ajit Pawar story in @NewIndianXpress .

— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) April 18, 2023

Pawar dismissed all the speculations and talked about, “You all are spreading much news of me. There is no truth to it. I want to clarify that there are no facts about 40 MLAs in support of me and have issued a letter of support this is untrue. There is no truth in my taking the signatures of 40 MLAs. Under the leadership of Sharad Pawar, NCP was established and we will continue to work under his leadership. This is an attempt to mislead the people and divert the issue from the core.”

He moreover blamed the Maharashtra authorities over the dying of 13 people because of sunstroke on the Maharashtra Bhushan ceremony organised at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. “This was not a natural but man-made calamity. The government is responsible for the incident”, he talked about in a press launch. He has demanded that the people accountable should be booked and the incident should be probed by a retired select.

Notably, Ajit Pawar’s assertion received right here hours after NCP supremo Sharad Pawar dismissed speculations about Ajit Pawar’s political switch. He talked about that no meeting of the celebration MLAs had been known as throughout the matter. Earlier, when requested whether or not or not NCP would variety an alliance with BJP, the NCP supremo had talked about that it was troublesome to predict the long term. “Nothing can be said about what will happen in the future,” he was quoted.