Even as the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to attack the ruling tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, allies Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have developed differences, with the State Congress president accusing the NCP of backstabbing his party over the election of a Zilla Parishad president.
State Congress president Nana Patole, miffed over the NCP joining hands with the BJP at the Gondia Zilla Parishad, said, “The NCP has backstabbed Congress despite all three parties in MVA having previously agreed upon bringing the MVA into power in local bodies. The NCP openly joined hands with the BJP, which is unacceptable.”
In Bhandara, a rebel BJP faction led by former BJP MLA Charan Waghmare extended support to the Congress, ensuring the latter’s Gangadhar Jibkhate as Zilla Parishad president. A rebel BJP candidate Sandeep Tale became the vice-president. But in Gondia, the NCP extended support to the BJP, leading to the BJP’s Pankaj Rahangdale becoming the Zilla Parishad president with the NCP’s Yashwant Gunvir as vice-president.
