NCP refuses to be part of NDA ministry after BJP offers MoS (Ind Charge) for Praful Patel
NCP's Ajit Pawar faction has turned down BJP's offer to make Praful Patel minister of state with independent charge in the new NDA government.
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The NCP faction wanted a Cabinet berth for Praful Patel. MoS with independent charge was not acceptable to the party.
«During our meeting with Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Rajnath Singh, we discussed reasons for defeat in the Lok Sabha polls and then I broached the topic of getting a Cabinet berth for Praful Patel. We got a message later (from BJP) that they are giving MoS with independent charge. Since Patel was a Cabinet minister earlier, it did not feel good to accept the offer,» said Pawar.
He added: «We told them (BJP) about this and they said that they are giving MoS to parties with more MPs than us, so we cannot be accommodated. We said that in another few months we would have two more MPs in the Rajya Sabha and so we should be given a Cabinet berth and we would wait till a Cabinet berth is given,» said Pawar.
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He added that NCP was still in NDA and «we will support them, this decision of ours should not
