The BJP asserted on Saturday that it had the "electoral and moral" mandate to form government in Maharashtra and brushed aside the criticism of its alliance with NCP leader Ajit Pawar
New Delhi: The BJP
asserted on Saturday that it had the "electoral and moral" mandate to
form government in Maharashtra and brushed aside the criticism of its alliance
with NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who was accused by the saffron party in the past of
corruption, saying the tie-up was guided by current circumstances.
Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at
the Congress-NCP and the Shiv Sena, saying those who were "dead
opposed" to each other joined hands to "grab" power, while the
saffron party and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had won the
popular mandate to form government.
Addressing a press conference here, Prasad
said the Maharashtra governor took the decision to swear-in Fadnavis and Pawar
as the chief minister and the deputy chief minister after both leaders, as the
heads of their respective legislative parties, gave the letters of support of
their MLAs.
The
governor had no counter-claim by any other party or alliance, Prasad said.