After tasting success within the Maharashtra elections, NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Thursday declared his social gathering will contest the Delhi Meeting elections in its bid to regain the nationwide social gathering standing.
Addressing a felicitation ceremony on the NCP’s workplace within the nationwide capital, he additionally dismissed the opposition allegations of misuse of EVMs within the Maharashtra elections and asserted that the Mahayuti alliance was united and can type authorities quickly.
Pawar stated the leaders of the Mahayuti alliance had been assembly for the primary time on Thursday night after the election outcomes had been introduced.
“We’re united… There are not any variations,” he stated.
Pawar additionally stated the opposition MVA coalition was blaming the EVMs (digital voting machines) as they didn’t get the specified leads to the Meeting elections.
“There isn’t a reality to their allegations. They’re blaming EVMs as a result of they didn’t get a beneficial outcome within the meeting elections,” Pawar informed reporters in New Delhi.
The Congress and NCP-SP have raised doubts over the usage of EVMs within the conduct of Meeting elections and demanded a return to the observe of utilizing poll paper for polling.
Pawar identified that the opposition events have received elections in Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, and Kerala utilizing EVMs.
“Within the parliament elections additionally, EVMs had been fantastic as a result of the outcome was of their (Maha Vikas Aghadi) favour. In Meeting elections, the result’s totally different and they’re now discovering fault with the EVMs.”
Requested about his plans for the way forward for the NCP, Pawar stated his social gathering loved the standing of a nationwide social gathering and would work to regain that tag.
“We have to work extra now, we are going to battle and we are going to obtain success,” Pawar stated.
“Our subsequent goal is the Delhi Meeting elections. We’ll quickly maintain the nationwide conference of the NCP within the nationwide capital,” he stated.
Ajit Pawar in Delhi for power-sharing talks
Pawar stated he was within the nationwide capital to debate power-sharing association in Maharashtra after the ruling Mahayuti alliance received a thumping mandate within the lately held Meeting elections.
On the subsequent chief minister (CM) of Maharashtra, Pawar stated the choice shall be taken at a gathering he, Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief Devendra Fadnavis, and outgoing chief minister Eknath Shinde may have with central leaders of the BJP.
Pawar stated the ruling alliance had consciously determined in opposition to placing up a CM face for the Meeting elections.
“If such a choice had been made prematurely, issues may have gone unsuitable. Some events may really feel they’re being sidelined, resulting in confusion about the place they need to focus their efforts. Prior to now, such conditions have occurred. Initially, our goal was to safe as many seats as doable for our alliance, and we obtained assist accordingly, which was seen to everybody,” Pawar stated.
“Our first goal was to deliver Mahayuti again to energy within the state. We’ve created historical past. No social gathering or coalition had received such an enormous victory. Our alliance received 235 seats, which is healthier than the 222 seats received by the Congress within the 1972 elections,” he stated.
The Mahayuti alliance received 235 seats within the Meeting elections with the BJP bagging 132 seats, Shiv Sena 57, and NCP 41. Smaller events within the alliance received 5 seats.
