There was no ‘power game’: Sharad PawarPawar (Sharad Pawar)

Mumbai. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar (Sharad Pawar) has said that Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Uddhav Thackeray failed to pacify the dissent within the Shiv Sena and resigned as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra without a fight. Pawar said in the revised edition of his autobiography that he and others also felt Thackeray lacked the political acumen that a chief minister needed. This book was released on Tuesday.

Pawar wrote in his book that the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) between the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena was not just a ‘power game’, but it was the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) attempt to eliminate the importance of other political parties by any means. )’s tendency also had a strong response. He said there were apprehensions that an attempt would be made to destabilize the MVA government, but “we did not anticipate that Uddhav Thackeray becoming the chief minister would create a storm within the Shiv Sena”.

“The Shiv Sena leadership failed to quell this discontent,” the leader wrote, adding, “Uddhav resigned without a fight (after Eknath Shinde and other Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled against him in June 2022).” , due to which the MVA was thrown out of power.’ He said that Thackeray’s health had become an obstacle for him.

The NCP leader said that a chief minister needs “political skills” and should be fully aware of political activities. “We all felt that these things were lacking,” he said, blaming Thackeray’s inexperience.

Pawar wrote that the middle class liked Thackeray’s interaction with people through Facebook Live during the COVID-19 pandemic, but found it difficult to understand that he visited the government’s headquarters – the ministry – only twice during his tenure. Why did you visit