‘Mahagathbandhan’ before 2019 polls not practical: Pawar

MUMBAI : Signalling a shift from his earlier stand, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said a mahagathbandhan (anti-bjp grand alliance) before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls is not practical.

“A ‘mahagathbandhan’ prior to the elections is not practical,” he told CNN-NEWS18 TV channel.“in fact, there is a lot of (speculation in) the media, a lot of write-ups about some alternative, some front like a ‘mahagathbandhan.’ I don’t see any possibility of a ‘mahagathbandhan’ or anything. There are certain of our friends. They want that. But that is not practical,” Pawar said.

Pawar added, “My own thinking and assessment is that ultimately it will be a state-wise position. There might be states like Tamil Nadu, where the number one party will be DMK and other non-bjp parties will have to accept it.”

“If you go to Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab, you will find that the Congress is the number one party there or in Andhra (Pradesh), one has to accept that the Telugu Desam will be the number one party or K Chandrasekar Rao will be the important factor in Telangana,” he said. Shefali Vaidya, Shefvaidya followers 2,43,953

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