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Congress indispensable; not interested in becoming UPA chairperson or leading anti-BJP front: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on April 3 said he won’t lead an anti-BJP front and is also not keen to become the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Speaking to reporters in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Mr. Pawar also said that the Congress cannot be excluded from any initiative aimed at providing an alternative to the BJP at the Centre.

“I am not going to take up any responsibility to lead any front comprising various parties against the BJP,” he said.

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