MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar has said he does not agree with the notion that the state government and administration can function by "remote control".
Taunting former CM Devendra Fadnavis, the NCP leader said that politicians should not take people for granted as even leaders like Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to face defeat. Pawar was answering questions posed by Saamna executive editor Sanjay Raut.
For the first time in the 33-year history of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, it interviewed a leader who was not from the Shiv Sena. In the three-page interview, the first of a three-part series, Pawar spoke on the lockdown, the BJP and the relationship between the three partners in the MVA government in the state, the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress.
Pawar said he was neither the "headmaster nor the remote control" of the MVA. "Headmaster should be in a school, while in a democracy the government or administration can never function by remote control. Remote control works where there is no democracy, like in Russia, where Vladimir Putin will remain president until 2036," the NCP leader said.
On Fadnavis, who before the assembly polls had repeatedly said that he would return to power, Pawar said: "People can view these type of statements as signs of arrogance, and they can think of teaching a lesson to such a leader. Politicians should not take people for granted." Pawar and Raut played a vital role in the formation of the MVA government.
Pawar said the BJP-led government had sidelined ally Shiv Sena. He said the BJP won 105 seats because of the Sena. He said it would otherwise have won 40 to 50.
He said the Centre was not supporting the MVA government. He said the lockdown had prevented situations as were now prevailing in New York, where thousands were dying.
Taunting former CM Devendra Fadnavis, the NCP leader said that politicians should not take people for granted as even leaders like Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to face defeat. Pawar was answering questions posed by Saamna executive editor Sanjay Raut.
For the first time in the 33-year history of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, it interviewed a leader who was not from the Shiv Sena. In the three-page interview, the first of a three-part series, Pawar spoke on the lockdown, the BJP and the relationship between the three partners in the MVA government in the state, the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress.
Pawar said he was neither the "headmaster nor the remote control" of the MVA. "Headmaster should be in a school, while in a democracy the government or administration can never function by remote control. Remote control works where there is no democracy, like in Russia, where Vladimir Putin will remain president until 2036," the NCP leader said.
On Fadnavis, who before the assembly polls had repeatedly said that he would return to power, Pawar said: "People can view these type of statements as signs of arrogance, and they can think of teaching a lesson to such a leader. Politicians should not take people for granted." Pawar and Raut played a vital role in the formation of the MVA government.
Pawar said the BJP-led government had sidelined ally Shiv Sena. He said the BJP won 105 seats because of the Sena. He said it would otherwise have won 40 to 50.
He said the Centre was not supporting the MVA government. He said the lockdown had prevented situations as were now prevailing in New York, where thousands were dying.
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