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MP from leading party joining us Saturday: NCP
Friday January 27, 2012 07:34:51 PM,
IANS
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Sangli (Maharashtra): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday created a buzz in
Maharashtra by claiming to have netted into its fold a top
political leader, who is an MP representing a major party.
NCP state president Madhukarrao Pichhad said at a party meeting
that the MP was all set to join the party Saturday morning.
"At a party function to be held at 10 a.m.," he added confidently,
though he did not specify whether the MP is from Lok Sabha or
Rajya Sabha.
Contacted for his comments later, senior NCP leader and Deputy
Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that "a former MP" would join the
party Saturday, increasing the confusion.
The statements by the two top party leaders immediately set off
alarm bells ringing in all the political parties, notably the
Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena, besides other smaller
outfits having single-digit representation in parliament from the
state.
Pichhad's assertions, though, have not come as a surprise given
the spate of fence-sitters and defections it has been attracting
since the past few weeks, in the run-up to the forthcoming Zilla
Parishad elections (Feb 7) and municipal corporations (Feb 16)
across the state.
Kalyan Shiv Sena MP Anand Paranjpe has already made his
affiliations clear by openly hobnobbing with NCP top brass in the
past one week, and even attending the party (NCP)'s internal
functions and sharing the dais with party chief Sharad Pawar.
The buzz in political circles is that the NCP has succeeded in
convincing at least four state members of parliament to support it
and officially join at an opportune moment.
This has also made its ally, Congress wary with some leaders
privately wondering why is the NCP reportedly poaching only MPs,
especially as the forthcoming ballot battles are limited to local
elections.
While the latest NCP 'catch' would be known Saturday, there is
intense political and media speculation on probable names,
focusing on disgruntled elements among different parties.
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