MUMBAI — The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on dynastic politics.
Clyde Crasto, NCP’s national spokesperson, said earlier in the day the prime minister in his speech in Bhopal mentioned certain ‘scam-tainted’ dynastic political parties, which included the NCP headed by Sharad Pawar.
Crasto said that the prime minister should very well be aware that in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is part of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde government.
However, barely a couple of years ago, the state BJP leaders had been targeting and exposing the Shinde group leaders with many corruption cases. Everything changed once they formed the alliance government in June 2022, he said.
“Now, the same leaders must highlight the scams of the people who are part of the Shinde group and tell the world who the real scamsters are. Why are they sitting silent now?” asked Crasto.
He urged the prime minister to put this in action again and punish those members of the Shinde group who were accused by his BJP leaders.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that what the prime minister has said is on the dot on the tainted dynastic political parties, and attacked the conclave of national Opposition held in Patna last week.
“Why did they decide to meet… They are all tainted and are worried that as long as the Modi government continues, they will continue to get exposed,” pointed out Fadnavis.
The deputy chief minister said that nobody spoke on how they plan to perform better than Modi on the development front but were merely coming together to protect themselves from more exposure or action from the government.
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar said Modi’s comments prove that the BJP is ‘rattled’ by the Opposition meeting.
“Whether they unite together or not, we will see… But it has definitely shaken the BJP going by the prime minister’s reactions today,” said Ambedkar. — IANS
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Photo: Clyde Crasto, NCP’s national spokesperson
