TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ NCP chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media after meeting Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut. He said Raut often meets him and brushed off any undue importance to the meeting. When asked whether Raut approached him with a proposal for government formation, Pawar said, no. “We will not join hands with the Shiv Sena. We will sit in opposition,” he said.
He said he hoped both the BJP and Sena come to an understanding and it respects the people’s mandate and form government soon. Pawar said both Centre and Maharashtra government have failed farmers. “Centre must back farmers,” he said. Pawar also confirmed he spoke to Sonia Gandhi on Maharashtra.
The senior Shiv Sena leader had met the National Congress Party chief at his residence in Mumbai today. On being asked about the purpose of the meeting, Raut quickly said that it was just a “courtesy meeting.” “It was a courtesy meeting. He (Sharad Pawar) is a senior leader of the state and the country. He is worried about the political situation in Maharashtra today. We had a brief discussion,” the Shiv Sena leader said.
