As the BJP predicted the collapse the collapse of MVA Government and consequent mid-term polls in the State, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday turned the table on the principal Opposition party in the State by saying that it was for the latter, which rules the country, to hold mid-term polls in the country.
Reacting to a BJP leader’s comment that the MVA Government would soon collapse and there would be mid-term polls in the state, NCP chief said: “The mid-term polls are normally held in the country. It is in the hands of the BJP to hold mid-terms polls in the country.
Let the Union Cabinet and decide on holding the mid-term polls in the country”.
Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis had on Sunday dared the Shiv Sena to hold mid-term polls in the state.S He had predicted that if the mid-term polls were held in the state, the BJP would defeat the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress squarely and return to power in the state.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, former chief minister Narayan Rane predicted that since chief minister Uddhav Thackeray was not capable of running the government,.
There would be mid-term polls in the state. “I need not tell you that there is already considerable resentment within the Shiv Sena.
Uddhav Thackeray will not continue in his post for long,” Rane said.
