Following his reported meeting with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar on January 1 hinted that his party’s entry into the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra was imminent, but stated that the doors for his induction into the national INDIA bloc still remained shut.
The VBA chief, who is the grandson of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, was speaking on the sidelines of the 206th celebrations of the 1818 Bhima-Koregaon battle after paying homage at the ‘Jayastambh’ (victory pillar) at Perne village in Pune district.
Speaking on his alleged meeting with Mr. Pawar at the latter’s residence in Pune, Mr. Ambedkar said: “We [alluding to MVA parties] are all anyway going to come together. So, there will be official and unofficial meetings at different places and times between us. It is pointless speculating on such meetings now as they will be held more frequently henceforth.”
