‘Modi can’t bring BJP to power’
NCP chief Sharad Pawar feels that the BJP may not be able to form a government with Mr Narendra Modi’s leadership.
He also does not see the possibility of a third front government, saying the government after elections will either be led by the Congress or be supported by it. “I cannot say. I said that in coalition politics very few partners, political parties will support the BJP this time with this leadership,” Mr Pawar told CNN-IBN.
He was asked if he sees Mr Modi emerging as the Prime Minister in a coalition government.
To another question on Mr Modi, he said for a coalition, there has to be a person and leadership which is acceptable to a sizeable number of parties. “And from that angle it is difficult to say if BJP will get that kind of support from various cross-sections,” he said.
On the possibility of a third front, he said it is too early to say. “As of today, I don’t see the possibility of a third front. Ultimately, if we are to form a government here, either it will be the Congress-led government or Congress-supported government,” he said.
“If leadership like (Atal Behari) Vajpayee was there, comfort level of other parties were much better than today. And that is why a sizeable section accepted Vajpayee as a leader and he could provide a stable government for five years. So it depends on that. I don’t see the third front concept has any potential this time,” Mr Pawar said. Asked whether he would be a prime ministerial candidate, he said he was not going to contest the Lok Sabha elections and he knew his limitations.
On the demand for a separate state of Vidarbha, he said he was for unity of Maharashtra but a sizeable section of people wants that and if it could become a viable state, “then I will not come in their way.”
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