By means of PTI
PUNE/MUMBAI: Within the wake of the BJP successful all 3 Rajya Sabha seats it contested in Maharashtra, NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Saturday stated saffron birthday party chief Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in operating the “miracle” of weaning away impartial MLAs from rival camps the use of “other method”.
He additionally stated that there was once not anything stunning within the election effects, through which a Shiv Sena candidate misplaced.
Speaking to newshounds in Pune, Pawar stated the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress made a brave try to win the 6th seat in spite of falling wanting a couple of numbers.
“I’m really not surprised to look the consequences. The MVA applicants won votes in percentage to the selection of MLAs. Then again, one has to simply accept the miracle through which BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in weaning away impartial MLAs and in addition the ones from smaller events, who would have another way supported the MVA. He was once a success in bringing other folks (impartial MLAs) with reference to him by means of the use of other method,” Pawar instructed newshounds in Pune.
“The MVA made a brave try to win the 6th seat in spite of falling quick or few numbers. The 6th seat was once a possibility for the MVA, however (Maharashtra Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president) Uddhav Thackeray took the chance. In politics, one has to take dangers,” he added.
When requested whether or not the result of the Rajya Sabha elections would impact the stableness of the MVA govt within the state, Pawar answered within the unfavourable.
“See the numbers. The specified majority to run a central authority has now not been impacted,” the previous Union minister stated, including that there was once no danger to the MVA dispensation.
The BJP had fielded 3 applicants out of the overall six Rajya Sabha seats that went to the polls on Friday.
BJP applicants – Union minister Piyush Goyal, former state minister Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik – received the fiercely-fought elections, whilst Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, NCP’s Praful Patel and Congress’ Imran Pratapgarhi additionally got here out victorious.
The competition was once for the 6th seat – between BJP’s Mahadik and Sena’s Pawar, who misplaced.
Mahadik and Pawar hail from Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.
Pawar stated the quota for first desire vote for Patel (NCP), Pratapgarhi (Congress) and Raut (Sena) was once intact.
“Actually, Praful Patel won an additional vote from a BJP-backed impartial MLA, who voted for Patel after informing me. The impartial has labored with me previous. That further vote was once from the quota of our opponent (BJP), which landed in NCP’s kitty,” the veteran flesh presser stated.
“Now not a unmarried vote of the NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress was once impacted. Even a unmarried vote from BJP was once impacted. All of the amusing came about within the votes of impartial MLAs,” he added.
The counting for election to the six Rajya Sabha seats within the state was once held up for a number of hours because the BJP wondered the validity of ballots solid by means of 3 MVA MLAs, alleging that regulations had been violated.
The MVA too sought to invalidate two votes, one by means of a BJP MLA and some other by means of an Impartial.
The counting in spite of everything started at 1 pm on Saturday.
Speaking about it, Pawar alleged that the objection raised by means of BJP over 3 MLAs’ votes was once a pat of “foul play”.
“The voter is meant to turn the vote to the management. They have got the best to turn the vote. So if somebody presentations the vote to Congress president Nana Patole or NCP state unit leader Jayant Patil, there’s no illegality in that,” he stated.
Requested about Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande’s vote being declared invalid, he stated that he does now not know anything else about it.
Replying to a query about whether or not the MVA failed to turn the political adulthood within the RS elections, Pawar stated one has to take dangers in politics and that possibility was once taken by means of Shiv Sena leader and Uddhav Thackeray.
When requested in regards to the upcoming presidential elections, he stated that the problem was once now not mentioned but.
“I’m going to Delhi the next day and we will be able to sit down in combination and speak about it as everyone desires to speak about it in combination,” he stated.