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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Shoumojit Banerjee

Sharad Pawar to fete PM Modi as his men protest Manipur inaction

Even as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leader and former CM Sushilkumar Shinde get ready to share the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an award function in Pune on August 1, activists of Mr. Pawar’s own NCP faction and the Congress have resolved to protest against the PM with black flags for allegedly neglecting the turmoil-racked northeastern state of Manipur.

Coalition to protest

Local leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, which includes the Congress, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP camp and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) said on Sunday that they would demonstrate against the PM for allegedly turning a blind eye to the troubles of Manipur and coming to Pune for an award instead of being in the northeastern state.

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