'Your govt bestowed him with Padma Vibhushan': Sanjay Raut slams PM Modi for criticizing Sharad Pawar's achievements
'Rotten mindset': Piyush Goyal slams Sharad Pawar over 'preposterous' remarks on Israel-Hamas clash This week Prime Minister Modi targeted Pawar by saying some people from Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers who had to depend on middlemen to get money from the sale of their produce. Pawar, the founder of the NCP party, handled the agriculture portfolio during the UPA government. “Those doing politics of vote in the name of farmers have made you yearn for every drop of water.
Some people in Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers. A senior leader of Maharashtra served as the country's agriculture minister. I personally respect him, but what has he done for farmers?" Modi said, without naming Pawar.
Following the PM's statement, Raut said Modi came to Maharashtra and diverted people's attention from key issues. Also read: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut equates BJP with Hamas, says ‘party which Assam CM belongs to...' "Modi came to Maharashtra but did not speak on the suicide of farmers, did not speak about the issue of Maratha reservation and the fast of Manoj Jarange Patil because he aimed to defame the leader of the state". Further, he targeted Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and said that he should have left the stage when the PM was speaking on Sharad Pawar.
"It doesn't suit you as the PM of the country. Till yesterday you were praising Sharad Pawar, today you are counting his shortcomings, does PM Modi suffer from amnesia? Ajit Pawar should have left the stage when Modi ji was speaking wrong about Pawar Saheb. Today PM Modi is criticizing Sharad Pawar for coming to Maharashtra.
Tomorrow he will insult Balasaheb Thackeray also. Modi and BJP only know how to use people. They did not
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