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Sharad Pawar, Amit Shah engage in war of words. Photo courtesy: Official Facebook

Sharad Pawar accuses Amit Shah of not maintaining his post's decorum after latter's treachery jibe

| @indiablooms | Jan 14, 2025, at 11:08 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The war of words between Sharad Pawar and  Amit Shah escalated after the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief hit out at the Union Home Minister and accused him of not maintaining the decorum of his post.

Responding to the speculation that his party has softened its stance towards the BJP, the senior leader was reacting to Shah's remarks that the BJP's thumping victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections had ended the politics of "treachery and betrayal" started by him in 1978.

Shah's dig refers to Sharad Pawar walking out of the then Vasantdada Patil-led government in Maharashtra in 1978 with 40 MLAs and then becoming the chief minister.

Slamming Shah on Tuesday, Pawar said, "I was the chief minister in 1978. I am not aware of his (Amit Shah's) whereabouts then. When I was the chief minister, there were people like Uttamrao Patil from (BJP's predecessor) Jana Sangh in my ministry."

He said that there used to be good communication between political leaders earlier and that then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had made him the vice-chairman of the Disaster Management Authority after the Bhuj earthquake in 2001 despite him being in the opposition.

"There used to be 'susamvaad' (good communication) between political leaders earlier, but that is missing now," he said.

In his speech at the BJP convention, Amit Shah said, "The victory of BJP in Maharashtra ended the politics of instability and backstabbing started by Sharad Pawar in 1978. You (BJP workers) have buried such politics 20 feet in the ground."

"From 1978 till 2024, Maharashtra was prone to political instability. You have shown the way by bringing in a stable and strong Devendra Fadnavis government," he added.

In the Maharashtra elections, held in November last year, the BJP had won 132 of the state's 288 seats and along with its Mahayuti allies, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP had bagged 57 and 41, respectively.

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