Remarking that it was Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar who first started the politics of party-splitting in the State, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday said that the current political scenario was “a gross insult to the voters of Maharashtra”.
He reiterated his suspicions that Mr. Pawar had a hand in the developments that led his nephew, NCP leader Ajit Pawar, joining the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP government and the swift swearing-in of Mr. Pawar as Deputy CM, along with eight other NCP legislators as Ministers.
“What is happening currently is extremely distressing. No one can be sure about who is in which party any more. It is an unfortunate situation in Maharashtra. I would not be surprised if Supriya Sule [Mr. Pawar’s daughter] becomes a Minister in the Centre tomorrow. This is not something that happened suddenly. It was being plotted over many days,” said Mr. Thackeray, speaking in Pune.
