Congress and NCP betray each other
Will the disputes between the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Thane Municipal Corporation have any bearing on their alliance at the state and national level? State NCP chief Madhukar Pichad had asked the Congress to decide whether it wants to continue with the alliance or not.
NCP president Sharad Pawar admits that there has been bickering between the Congress and NCP at a local level, but he is sure that it is not going to have any impact on the Congress-NCP alliance at the state and national level. He has no doubt that both Congress and NCP will contest the next Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections as an alliance
After contesting TMC elections as an alliance, the Congress recently grabbed the post of leader of Opposition with the help of ruling party Shiv Sena. This is what made Pichad doubt whether the Congress wanted NCP as allies. The way the party has behaved in Thane is not in keeping with the principles of a coalition.
Earlier, the NCP had joined hands with the Sena and BJP to defeat the Congress candidates in the election of presidents and vice-presidents of zilla parishads.
However, Sharad Pawar sought to play down the recent differences which had arisen between his party and the Congress, saying the two parties would stick together. A war of words had broken out between state leaders of the Congress and the NCP over decisions taken by both the parties against each other in the recently held urban local body and zilla parishad elections. Things had reached a flashpoint after the Congress decided to break its tie-up in Thane with the NCP and got its own candidate elected as leader of the opposition, even when the latter had a larger number of seats.
Pawar likes to believe that these things happened because of local issues and factors. In fact, Pawar is also sure that the current row between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will not affect the stability of the ruling coalition government in the state. He is confident that the latest round of bickering between the allies will not threaten stability of the state government. He has no doubt that as the elections approach, the two parties will totally unite. He denies having any differences with Congress. He expressed his confidence while talking to reporters at Navi Mumbai recently.
But Madhukar Pichad could not stand the betrayal by Congress and he had no hesitation in lashing out at the Congress for getting its candidate elected as the leader of opposition in the Thane civic body with Shiv Sena's support. This was in spite of the fact that the NCP had more councillors in the house than the Congress and also both had contested the Thane civic polls together.
The friction between the two partners is very obvious. Earlier, the NCP had joined hands with the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party to defeat the Congress candidates in the election of presidents and vice presidents of zila parishads. This time Congress took its revenge.
This gives rise to the question as to how secular-minded parties like Congress and NCP go to the extent of joining hands with a communal party? Have both Congress and NCP thrown their principles to the wind?
Will the disputes between the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Thane Municipal Corporation have any bearing on their alliance at the state and national level? State NCP chief Madhukar Pichad had asked the Congress to decide whether it wants to continue with the alliance or not.
NCP president Sharad Pawar admits that there has been bickering between the Congress and NCP at a local level, but he is sure that it is not going to have any impact on the Congress-NCP alliance at the state and national level. He has no doubt that both Congress and NCP will contest the next Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections as an alliance
After contesting TMC elections as an alliance, the Congress recently grabbed the post of leader of Opposition with the help of ruling party Shiv Sena. This is what made Pichad doubt whether the Congress wanted NCP as allies. The way the party has behaved in Thane is not in keeping with the principles of a coalition.
Earlier, the NCP had joined hands with the Sena and BJP to defeat the Congress candidates in the election of presidents and vice-presidents of zilla parishads.
However, Sharad Pawar sought to play down the recent differences which had arisen between his party and the Congress, saying the two parties would stick together. A war of words had broken out between state leaders of the Congress and the NCP over decisions taken by both the parties against each other in the recently held urban local body and zilla parishad elections. Things had reached a flashpoint after the Congress decided to break its tie-up in Thane with the NCP and got its own candidate elected as leader of the opposition, even when the latter had a larger number of seats.
Pawar likes to believe that these things happened because of local issues and factors. In fact, Pawar is also sure that the current row between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will not affect the stability of the ruling coalition government in the state. He is confident that the latest round of bickering between the allies will not threaten stability of the state government. He has no doubt that as the elections approach, the two parties will totally unite. He denies having any differences with Congress. He expressed his confidence while talking to reporters at Navi Mumbai recently.
But Madhukar Pichad could not stand the betrayal by Congress and he had no hesitation in lashing out at the Congress for getting its candidate elected as the leader of opposition in the Thane civic body with Shiv Sena's support. This was in spite of the fact that the NCP had more councillors in the house than the Congress and also both had contested the Thane civic polls together.
The friction between the two partners is very obvious. Earlier, the NCP had joined hands with the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party to defeat the Congress candidates in the election of presidents and vice presidents of zila parishads. This time Congress took its revenge.
This gives rise to the question as to how secular-minded parties like Congress and NCP go to the extent of joining hands with a communal party? Have both Congress and NCP thrown their principles to the wind?
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