Bombay: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji seat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Nawab Malik, said that he is completely the NCP candidate of his party, Ajit Pawar. The Mahayuti alliance is against him in the electoral field. He also stated that after the assembly election results, Ajit Pawar will play the role of kingmaker.
Competition with Mahayuti and Samajwadi Party
In an interview to ANI, he said that his fight in the assembly elections is with both the Mahayuti alliance and the Samajwadi Party. Nawab Malik said, “I am the candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party, I am with Ajit Pawar, they have named me as their candidate, now the grand alliance, whether it is the BJP or Shiv Sena (Shinde), is contesting elections against me and my fight is with them. It’s with me. He also said that Ajit Pawar would play an important role as a “kingmaker” after the elections.
tough fight in maharashtra
Nawab Malik said that there is a very tough fight in Maharashtra. We cannot say who will get the majority. In both parties there is a 3-party alliance. Therefore, Ajit Pawar will play an important role in the formation of the government. He said that no one can deny the fact that Ajit Pawar will play the role of kingmaker in Maharashtra.
False accusations were made against me.
On the allegations of Dawood Ibrahim and his links with the underworld, Nawab Malik said that the way my links were linked with the underworld, people even called me a traitor in the assembly, linked my links with terrorists, I have clearly said that we have responded. to this. It didn’t happen because it was forbidden to talk about it. Those who try to tarnish my image have the right to speak and the right to defend me, there is a law in the country. He said whether through criminal defamation or civil defamation, we will take action against those who are making these false allegations against me.
Let us tell you that Ajit Pawar’s NCP is an important constituent party in the Mahayuti alliance. But his allies BJP and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) have expressed their opposition to Nawab Malik’s candidature. BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar has already made it clear that the party will not campaign in support of Ajit Pawar and NCP candidate Nawab Malik.