Today’s Day Will Be Known As ‘BlackSpot’ In History Of Maharashtra Ahmed Patel On Ajit Pawar Backing BJP

TPI Staff November 23, 2019

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Mumbai: In a view of NCP leader Ajit Pawar supported BJP to form the government in Maharashtra, Congress leader Ahmed Patel termed it as “black spot” in the history of the state and said that nothing can be more “shameful” than this.

“There was a black spot in the history of Maharashtra today. Everything was done in a big way and in the morning. Something is wrong somewhere. Nothing could be more embarrassing,” Patel said at a press conference here.

Rejecting the allegation that the Congress delayed forming the government in Maharashtra with the support of the NCP and Shiv Sena, he said: “There was no delay from the end of the Congress party. We met him as soon as we got Uddhav Thackeray’s call. And we met as Sharad Pawar. As soon as he gave us time. The delay we made in forming the government in Maharashtra is completely baseless.”

The Congress leader said that all the Congress MLAs remain intact except two who have gone to their villages.
“There is no chance that our MLAs will break. We are ready to defeat the BJP in the floor test. We will form a strategy soon. We will fight on both fronts to form the BJP government in Maharashtra – on the political and legal front as well.” he said.

Speaking about the next political move to be taken by the Congress, Patel said: “Sharad Pawar Ji yesterday announced a consensus on the name of Uddhav Thackeray for the post of Chief Minister. We stuck to the same.”

In a surprising development, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis earlier this morning took oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister for the second consecutive term while Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of the state. The oath was administered by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan.

The move came at a time when deliberations between Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena on government formation seemingly reached the final stage on Friday.

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