Fadnavis Behind NCP Split? Supriya Sule Makes Big Claim Ahead Of Maharashtra Polls: 'We've Not Broken The Family'

NCP(SP) MP Supriya Sule claimed Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was behind the split in NCP. She had also said that the party will not reunite with Ajit Pawar until he is with the BJP.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections:  NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday made a big claim about the NCP split ahead of the Maharashtra elections and her cousin and NCP chief Ajit Pawar. Sule alleged that the Nationalist Congress Party split happened because of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The NCP-SP MP said the BJP leader had gone to Ajit Pawar and showed him some files, following which Ajit Pawar parted ways and joined the Mahayuti alliance. She also hinted that Ajit Pawar was forced to join the Mahayuti.

Supriya Sule also claimed that several leaders of the Ajit Pawar's faction wanted to join NCP-SP but "we do not want to betray those who supported us in bad times". 

"We have not broken the family, everyone knows who has broken it. Devendra Fadnavis is the biggest face behind breaking the NCP. Fadnavis himself went to Ajit Pawar, showed him the file and took him into the Mahayuti. Now you can call it fear or something else," Sule told News 18.

Sule made these claims a few days after she said that reuniting with Ajit Pawar was not possible till he is an ally of the BJP. She had also revealed that she will not be a CM post aspirant if the Maha Vikas Aghadi is voted to power, PTI reported.

Supriya Sule On The Baramati Battle

Supriya Sule commented on the second Baramati battle between the Pawars in the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra. After Supriya Sule and  Sunetra Pawar's Baramati battle in the Lok Sabha polls, now Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Yugendra and Ajit Pawar will be contesting on the Baramati seat. 

On this Supriya Sule said that anyone can contest elections from anywhere. "Baramati has been Pawar ji’s from the beginning no matter who contests the election. Right now Yugendra Pawar is contesting against Ajit Pawar".

"I don’t think that senior Pawar will think about Ajit Pawar. If Ajit Pawar still respects senior Pawar, then it is a good thing," she added.

Sule also commented on Yogi Adityanath's 'batenege toh katenge' remark, saying, "I do not know this language, I do not know what it means, but I know this much that this is not the language of our Maharashtra".

On Sharad Pawar's decision of contesting the Maharashtra polls, the NCP-SP MP said:  "Sharad Pawar ji has said that he will not contest elections now, and he will always work for NCP." 

Maharashtra will go to polls on November 20 in a single phase. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.