Who holds the state treasury? Currently, there is competition among the three parties in the ruling grand alliance over this. Leaders of all three parties are repeatedly claiming how they have dominance over the state treasury. Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar has commented on all this. Among the three parties in the grand alliance, there is a scramble over the allocation of funds. Nowadays, votes are not asked for based on work. It is said, I will give money, I will give funds. This is not a good thing. If the perspective is to win elections by bringing in financial incentives, then it is better not to comment on it, said Sharad Pawar. He was speaking to the media in Baramati on Thursday.
In this election, a stance was taken not to bring in too much politics. Therefore, for the first time in this election, I am seeing that groups have formed in various places. One party is going along with another party. This clearly means there is no unity here. But it’s fine, people will give the right result in the voting as they wish. There is no need to pay more attention to it. People like me have never gotten involved in this before, nor now. Now only two to four days are left, let’s see what happens, said Sharad Pawar.
This time, Sharad Pawar made an important comment regarding the case pending in the Supreme Court about the reservation limit. It is not possible to say what verdict the Supreme Court will give. Because this time, the Supreme Court seems firm on adhering to the 50 percent reservation limit. Its final decision will be made in two to three days, and nothing can be said about it right now, said Sharad Pawar.
What did Sharad Pawar say about farmers' loan waiver?
Due to excessive rainfall and floods, some districts in the state have suffered immense damage. The damage is of two types. In some places, the land has been washed away, and in some places only equipment has been washed away. Now, the state government has decided to suspend loan recovery for one year. This decision to halt recovery for a year will be temporarily useful, but it will not be sufficient. After seeing the financial loss suffered by the farmers, the government should have provided some amount of compensation. If interest had been waived for some amounts and various installments had been given, it would have provided financial assistance to the farmers. I do not think the current government aid is sufficient.