Barring Assam, BJP will lose polls in 4 other states: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday claimed that barring Assam the BJP will face defeat in four other pollbound states and the election trend in the five states will give a new direction to the countrySpeaking to reporters in Baramati town of Pune district in Maharashtra Pawar whose party in an alliance partner of the Shiv Senaled Maharashtra government also accused the Centre of misusing its power in pollbound West BengalThe Assembly elections in West Bengal Kerala Tamil Nadu Assam and Puducherry Union Territory will be held in MarchApril this year and votes will be counted on May 2It is wrong to talk about results of the five states today as people of these states will take the decision As far as Kerala is concerned the Left parties and the NCP have come together and we are sure that we will get aclear cut majority he saidIn Tamil Nadu people will support DMK and its chief M K Stalin and they will come to power in the state after the polls the former Union minister saidIn West Bengal the Centre especially the BJP is misusing power and trying to attack a sister referring to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is trying to fight for the people of the state the NCP chief allegedThe entire state has rallied around Trinamool Congress TMC chief Mamata Banerjee since it is a matter of Bengali pride and selfrespect he saidI have no doubt that the TMC will retain power under the leadership of Banerjee he saidPawar further said he knows the situation in poll bound Assam and as per the inputs received from his party people the BJP which is currently in power there is in a good position compared to othersIn nutshell the BJP will retain power in Assam but will face defeat in other pollbound states and other political parties in those states will come to power I am confident this trend will give a new direction to the country he saidAsked about the arrest of Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze by the NIA in connection with the recovery of an explosivesladen vehicle near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani Pawar dubbed the issue as local and did not comment saying it is not related to the states policiesEarlier in the day when asked if Pawar was upset with Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and sought his removal Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in Mumbai said Pawar is the guiding light of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA It was because of him this Mahrashtra government was formedTo a question on Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari not clearing names recommended by the state cabinet for nomination as MLCs under the governors quota Pawar said it is the responsibility of the governor to implement the cabinets recommendationIn the history of Maharashtra the state has not seen a governor who has not followed the responsibility given by the Constitution However the present governor has done that magic which is unfortunate he saidPawar said when Narendra Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat the latter had complained about hurdles being created by the then governorToday the same thing is happening in Maharashtra and the Centre is merely becoming a spectator which is worrying he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever