UPA restructuring needed, Pawar should lead alliance: Raut

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said there is a need to restructure the United Progressive Alliance, and the new alliance should be led by a senior leader like Sharad Pawar as many regional parties are not ready to work under the leadership of the Congress. The future of this alliance would depend on the sacrifice and liberality of the Congress, he said.

He added that there was no National Democratic Alliance left in the country as its allies have quit it, but similarly, the existence of the United Progressive Alliance is not visible as it has very few parties now. The Rajya Sabha member was speaking at the ‘Jaybhim Festival’ organised by a former corporator in Aurangabad. The programme began with Raut’s interview.

“The allies have left the NDA and there is no such alliance now. In the same way, there are a very few parties left with the UPA. Many regional parties are not ready to work under the Congress leadership in the UPA. Therefore, to create a group against the incumbent government, there is a need to go for the restructuring of the UPA,” he said.