Pawar shocker! Modi wanted BJP-NCP deal

Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted the BJP and his party to come together in Maharashtra to form the government after 2019 Assembly elections.

Pawar said he and PM Modi had meetings. “It was his wish that we (NCP and BJP) come together. However, I went to his (PM’s) office and told him it was not possible,” said Pawar.

The BJP dismissed the claim, saying Pawar is not known for speaking the truth.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, whose party shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra, said however that after the 2019 Assembly polls, the BJP was desperate for power and ready to hold anyone’s hand for it. -(PTI)