New Delhi: Launching a scathing assault on the BJP-led authorities on the Centre, Nationalist Congress Get together (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar expressed discontent amongst farmers and the general public as a result of central insurance policies and the prevailing unemployment state of affairs, suggesting that the saffron get together would face its penalties because of this.
Addressing a press convention in Maharashtra’s Nashik, Pawar highlighted the dissatisfaction amongst farmers in areas like Dhule, Pune, and Satara, significantly regarding onion farming, sugarcane, and ethanol insurance policies imposed by the Centre, in addition to fluctuating costs of agricultural produce. He emphasised that such grievances, coupled with unemployment issues, would replicate negatively for the ruling get together.
“Farmers are sad with the current rulers. There’s unhappiness amongst onion farmers in Nashik, Dhule, Pune and Satara. Farmers are sad over the sugarcane and ethanol coverage of the Centre. They’re sad over the costs of different agricultural produce. Individuals are additionally sad resulting from unemployment. The ruling get together should pay a worth for it,” PTI quoted Pawar as saying.
Accusing the central authorities of utilizing businesses just like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to focus on Opposition events, Pawar famous a perceived bias in investigations, alleging that almost all of these focused belonged to Opposition events.
Pawar cited examples of alleged misuse of energy, mentioning people who confronted corruption costs however weren’t prosecuted after becoming a member of the ruling get together. He contrasted this together with his get together’s strategy in the course of the UPA rule, asserting they didn’t exploit their authority.
“ED is getting used in opposition to the (BJP’s) opponents solely. Although costs are made in opposition to folks by ED, the conviction price could be very low. The Modi authorities got here to energy on the Centre in 2014. Since then, the ED performed an inquiry in opposition to 121 folks. Of them, 115 are from the Opposition events. Not a single chief of the BJP is amongst them,” PTI quoted Pawar as saying.
“Corruption costs have been earlier levelled in opposition to leaders like Hasan Mushrif, Pratap Sarnaik, Yamini Jadhav, however no motion was taken in opposition to them after they joined the ruling aspect. The ED took motion in opposition to folks in the course of the UPA rule additionally, however solely three of them have been BJP leaders. We didn’t misuse energy,” he added.
Notably, Pawar is about to take part in Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which arrived in Malegaon, Nashik, from Dhule.
Concerning seat-sharing discussions throughout the MVA for the Lok Sabha elections, Pawar mentioned that agreements on most seats had been reached, with only some pending selections.
“We now have determined who will contest which seats and a choice on 3-4 seats is pending. It has been determined to provide some seats to Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). If he joins us, we’ll contest the elections collectively,” PTI quoted Pawar as saying.