Sharad Pawar praised RSS after seeing how it burst fake narrative balloon of LS

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said NCP SP chief Sharad Pawar praised the RSS after realising how the outfit managed to overcome the fake narrative spread by the opposition in the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe opposition had claimed BJP wanted to win 400 seats to change the Constitution and end reservations a narrative which BJP leaders later claimed hit the party hardOn Pawar praising the RSS recently the CM said the MVA was successful in creating a fake narrative during the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsWhen assembly polls were approaching many people from diverse fields who are inspired by the RSS played their role and burst the balloon of this fake narrative Sharad Pawar saheb is very intelligent He would have certainly studied this aspect He realised that this RSS is not a regular political power but a nationalist power In any competition it is good to praise others he addedThat is why Pawar may have praised the RSS Fadnavis said Speaking at an interaction with senior editor Vivek Ghalsasi at Late Vilasji Fadnis Jivhala programme here Fadnavis also said he had asked for organisational work when Eknath Shinde was made chief minister in June 2022 but senior leaders asked him to join the governmentHe also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him not to behave like an extraconstitutional authority in the governmentAsked about who between Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah is more strict Fadnavis said Modi is a very disciplined politician while Shah can be convinced once in a while to take a political decision for convenienceHowever Modi ji wont do something for convenience Fadnavis asserted He said the decision to become deputy chief minister on the command of the party leadership earned him a lot of praise from the cadreAfter the massive mandate the ruling alliance received in the 2024 assembly polls Fadnavis said people and party workers would not have been happy if the CM was not from the BJPShinde himself agreed within minutes that the CM must be from the BJP which itself got 132 seats and was close to a majority of its own in the 288member assembly he addedOn Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray meeting him during the winter sessions of the legislature in Nagpur Fadnavis said he had announced he would not indulge in politics of revenge after becoming CM and all leaders responded positively to itOn chances of the NCP SP and NCP coming closer or reuniting Fadnavis said If you see the developments that took place from 2019 to 2024 I realised never say never and anything can happen Uddhav Thackeray goes to some other party and Ajit Pawar comes to us In politics anything can happen though I am not saying this should happenEarlier Uddhav Thackeray was a friend and now Raj Thackeray is a friend he said though adding that the Shiv Sena UBT chief was not a shatru Asked if he preferred to be CM or BJP national president he said he would take up whatever assignment is given to him by the partyIf I was not in the BJP no one would give me any importance I know if I start my own party I and all those with me will lose their deposits in the polls My identity is because of BJP If it asks me to sit at home I will without question do it Fadnvais assertedHe praised BJP leader Arun Gujarati from whom he learnt patience which he claimed was an important quality in politics along with the ability to take criticismIn a lighter vein he said I only get angry when I am hungry If you see me angry then give me something to eat and my anger will go awayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever