Congress, NCP bicker in Maharashtra; Sena for central rule
Wednesday February 01, 2012 08:21:38 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The Shiv Sena
Wednesday demanded imposition of president's rule in Maharashtra
in the wake of the open bickering in the ruling
Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance ahead of civic
polls.
"Here we have senior ministers of the government describing each
other as goons. This means there is 'goonda raj' in the state," Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut told reporters.
He was referring to the ongoing war of words between Deputy Chief
Minister Ajit Pawar, Home Minister R.R. Patil (both from NCP) and
Industry Minister Narayan Rane and Minister of State Bhaskar
Jadhav from the Congress.
"The president's rule can weed out this 'goondaism' in the
state... Even (Chief Minister) Prithviraj Chavan is unable to stop
all this," added Raut, a Rajya Sabha MP and executive editor of
the party mouthpiece Saamna.
Ahead of the crucial zila parishad and municipal corporation polls
across the state beginning next week, senior leaders of the
Democratic Front have started a tirade against each other.
A couple of days ago, Rane threatened to "disrobe" the NCP.
Addressing an election rally in Sindhudurg in the coastal Konkan
region Tuesday, he launched a vituperative attack against both
Ajit Pawar and R.R. Patil, ticking them off on various counts.
He alleged that there was complete lawlessness in Pune (Pawar's
home district) and that he was a "vagabond" not carrying out his
functions as the deputy chief minister.
Reeling off the state's crime statistics, Rane directly questioned
Patil's competence in handling the home portfolio.
Not surprisingly, both Pawar and Patil hit back Wednesday in equal
measure.
Speaking in Ahmednagar district, Pawar said Rane had lost his
"mental balance, is sad and frustrated".
In Sangli district, Patil dared Rane and his sons to give up their
police security and move around before commenting on the law and
order situation.
A former chief minister, Rane was expelled by the Shiv Sena and
joined the Congress in 2005. He is apparently perturbed over the
growing NCP influence and poaching spree in his home turf, the
Konkan region.
As part of his 'anti-NCP' series of rallies, Rane now plans to
address one next week in Pune - the Pawar family's bastion.
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