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NCP to improve focus on Vidarbha where it bagged 1 seat in 2014
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will be on a four-day tour of Vidarbha starting November 15
Updated : Nov 13, 2017, 07:55 AM IST
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The Nationalist Congress Party has decided to increase focus on Vidarbha region that sends 62 legislators to the 282-member state assembly.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will be on a four-day tour of Vidarbha starting November 15. The party currently has only one MLA from the region, which was dominated by the BJP with 44 legislators in 2014 state elections. While the Congress has 10 MLAs, four belong to the Shiv Sena.
Pawar is likely to visit Gadchiroli, Wardha, Chandrapur, Yavatmal districts in Vidarbha. “The BJP came in power with the promise of implementation of Dr Swaminathan report on fair prices to farm produces. However, the reality is different, said NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik.
The NCP leader said Vidarbha has reported the most cases of farmer suicide in Maharashtra despite the chief minister hailing from the region. “Moreover, in Yavatmal, while spraying pesticides over crops, several farmers lost their lives because faulty products were allowed in the market. There is huge anger among farmers,” said Malik.
Earlier, NCP’s senior leader Ajit Pawar and party’s state unit president Sunil Tatkare had also toured the belt, which often faces drought-like conditions, extensively.
“The assembly and Lok Sabha elections are far away, but we want to connect with the people of this region by raising their issues. People had a lot hope from BJP so they voted en masse to it in last elections. But what happened?” asked the NCP leader.
Malik said farmers have a lot of faith in NCP. “Pawar saheb has done a lot of good work during his tenure as the agriculture minister. They are still waiting for the farm loan waiver benefit.
“The government had promised farmers would get money on eve of Diwali. Now, it has been more than 20 days, people are still waiting for farm loan waiver,” said another NCP leader.
BJP DOMINANT
- Vidarbha sends 62 MLAs to the state assembly
- In 2014, BJP won 44 seats from here and Congress was a distant second with 10 seats
- While Shiv Sena has four MLAs, NCP has only one from the belt
