NCP ministers meet after Maliks arrest Pawar to call on Maha CM
Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Some NCP ministers in Maharashtra met at the residence of party president Sharad Pawar here on Wednesday evening to discuss the situation arising out of the arrest of their cabinet and party colleague Nawab Malik by the ED in connection with a money laundering caseMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar ministers Chhagan Bhujbal Hasan Mushrif and Rajesh Tope were present at Sharad Pawars residence Silver Oak in South Mumbai for the meeting party sources saidThe meeting was called to discuss the current situation that has arisen post Maliks arrest and the partys future course of action the sources saidThey said Maliks portfolios could be shared with his party colleagues in the cabinet in case he resignsMalik a senior NCP leader holds the skill development portfolio besides the minority affairs department in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentThe NCP president is likely to meet chief minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latters official residence Varsha in south Mumbai later in the evening in the wake of the sudden developmentMeanwhile senior Congress leaders and MVA Ministers Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan called on Sharad Pawar and discussed the fallout of Maliks arrestAnother Congress minister Sunil Kedar also joined the meetingThe NCP and the Congress are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led MVA governmentCriticism continued to pour in from NCP leaders over Maliks arrestMaharashtra NCP president and minister Jayant Patil said the state never saw such political vendetta in the past and claimed efforts were being made to pull down the MVA governmentSpeaking during the partys on-going mass outreach programme in Solapur in western Maharashtra Patil said Malik has been arrested without any reasonPeople are seeing such politics right now but they will express their opinion at the right time Patil saidWithout naming anyone the NCP leader alleged some people want to topple the MVA government anyhowArrests are being made for no reason with the help of central agencies This is not right Patil addedThe state water resources minister alleged he too was pressurised to join the BJP in 2019 but he resisted pressures and didnt leave the NCP PTI ENM MR RSY RSY
Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Some NCP ministers in Maharashtra met at the residence of party president Sharad Pawar here on Wednesday evening to discuss the situation arising out of the arrest of their cabinet and party colleague Nawab Malik by the ED in connection with a money laundering caseMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar ministers Chhagan Bhujbal Hasan Mushrif and Rajesh Tope were present at Sharad Pawars residence Silver Oak in South Mumbai for the meeting party sources saidThe meeting was called to discuss the current situation that has arisen post Maliks arrest and the partys future course of action the sources saidThey said Maliks portfolios could be shared with his party colleagues in the cabinet in case he resignsMalik a senior NCP leader holds the skill development portfolio besides the minority affairs department in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentThe NCP president is likely to meet chief minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latters official residence Varsha in south Mumbai later in the evening in the wake of the sudden developmentMeanwhile senior Congress leaders and MVA Ministers Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan called on Sharad Pawar and discussed the fallout of Maliks arrestAnother Congress minister Sunil Kedar also joined the meetingThe NCP and the Congress are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led MVA governmentCriticism continued to pour in from NCP leaders over Maliks arrestMaharashtra NCP president and minister Jayant Patil said the state never saw such political vendetta in the past and claimed efforts were being made to pull down the MVA governmentSpeaking during the partys on-going mass outreach programme in Solapur in western Maharashtra Patil said Malik has been arrested without any reasonPeople are seeing such politics right now but they will express their opinion at the right time Patil saidWithout naming anyone the NCP leader alleged some people want to topple the MVA government anyhowArrests are being made for no reason with the help of central agencies This is not right Patil addedThe state water resources minister alleged he too was pressurised to join the BJP in 2019 but he resisted pressures and didnt leave the NCP PTI ENM MR RSY RSY
