We Will Play The Role Of An Efficient Opposition: Sharad Pawar
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said here on Friday that the party would play the role of “skilled opposition”.
“Our role is that people have given us an opportunity to sit in the opposition and form a government. We will do our work efficiently,” Pawar said.
BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won an absolute majority in the Maharashtra assembly polls.
However, the NCP increased its numbers compared to the 2014 elections. The Congress slipped to the fourth position in a state where it was once the dominant player. The results for 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra were declared on Thursday with the BJP securing a total of 105 seats and its alliance partner Shiv Sena, 56 seats. As per the Election Commission, BJP secured 105 seats, Shiv Sena (56), Congress (44) and the Nationalist Congress Party (54).
NCP also won the by-election for Satara Lok Sabha seat, where its candidate Srinivas Patil defeated Udayanraje Bhosle of BJP, a descendant of Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji. Bhosale left the NCP and joined the BJP last month.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar had launched a massive campaign in the state to increase the party’s prospects.
This will be the first time the BJP will have a Chief Minister for a second consecutive term in Maharashtra.
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