Ahead of the next round of Assembly elections, the NCP on Saturday gave a clarion call for unity of the anti-BJP forces and said that the party chief Sharad Pawar would play an important role in this regard.
Addressing the extended working committee of the NCP in New Delhi, Mr. Pawar alleged that the Modi government was “anti-farmer” and had also “failed” to tackle the issue of unemployment. He also slammed the BJP over the release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case.
“I am surprised that the Prime Minister speaks of upholding the dignity of women and two days later the BJP government in the Prime Minister's home State reduced the sentence of those who committed atrocities against Bilkis Bano and her family,” Mr. Pawar said.
