Will work for NCP till I am alive: Pawar

Mumbai (PTI): Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said he would work for his party till he is alive and scotched speculation that he and a group of MLAs loyal to him might align with the ruling BJP.

Talking to reporters here, the Leader of the Opposition said there is not an iota of truth in reports about any rift in the Nationalist Congress Party and his joining hands with the BJP. “We (party MLAs) are all with the NCP. I will work for the NCP till I live,” Pawar added. The declaration comes amid persistent talk that

Party that divided nation is now itself divided: Nadda slams Cong

Dharwad (ANI): BJP na- tional president JP Nadda on Tuesday slammed Congress saying that the party that divided the country for seven decades is now itself divided.

Nadda’s stinging remarks came while inter- acting with intellectuals at BVB Engineering College Auditorium, Vidhya Nagar, in the city. He also said the BJP instead is unity in diversity.

“In the 70 years of Congress (rule) there was division, division, division

I am with NCP… not going anywhere… nobody (has) taken signatures of any MLAs. These are baseless speculations,” the ex-deputy chief minister of Maharashtra said. “I have not taken signatures of MLAs. Rumours must stop.

—Ajit Pawar , NCP leader

Ajit Pawar & a group of loyal MLAs might quit the NCP & join the BJP, which is allied with chief minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction and is in power in the western state. “We are all with NCP. I will work for NCP till I live,” he told reporters.