Sharad Pawar News: Sharad Pawar’s stand on the Adani case is not the first time that allies and the government have been confused

Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party’s (Sharad Pawar) statement favoring the Supreme Court committee to probe the Hindenburg report on the Adani group has created an awkward situation for the Congress demanding a JPC probe. However, this is not the first time Pawar’s stance seems to be different from the opposition targeting the government. Pawar recently said in an interview that the Supreme Court committee would be more useful and effective than the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). However, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the probe by the Supreme Court-appointed committee was very limited in scope and could not reveal the deep nexus between Prime Minister Modi and the billionaire businessman.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that Sharad Pawar’s stand will not crack the opposition unity in Maharashtra as well as across the country. This is not the first time that Pawar has troubled his allies as well as opponents with his political stand in a political career spanning nearly six decades. At a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is aggressively targeting late Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar, Pawar says the sacrifices made by Savarkar during the freedom struggle cannot be ignored.

Has given support to NDA’s ally government in Nagaland
Last month, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) announced support to Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, which is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The NCP had said it supported Rio keeping in mind the larger interest of Nagaland. The NCP formed government in Maharashtra with the Congress from 2004 to 2014 and again from November 2019 to June 2022 by joining the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (undivided)-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), of which the Congress is also a constituent. .

NCP part of Left Democratic Front in Kerala
The NCP is also an ally of the Congress in Goa. In Kerala, the NCP is part of the Left Democratic Front, an arch rival of the Congress-led United Democratic Front. In the past, talk about an anti-BJP and anti-Congress front has been incomplete without Pawar. Pawar, 82, was once discussed as a prime ministerial candidate, but later parted ways with the Congress. Pawar is known for his excellent rapport with leaders of other parties. In 2006, when Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule was contesting her first Rajya Sabha election, the Bal Thackeray-led Shiv Sena extended its support to her.

Modi visited Baramati and praised Pawar
When the BJP fell short of a majority in Maharashtra in 2014, NCP leader Praful Patel announced that the Pawar-led party would support the BJP to avoid mid-term elections and ensure political stability. NCP abstained from voting during BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis’s vote of confidence. Later Shiv Sena-BJP again came forward to form the government together and Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister. In 2014, Narendra Modi campaigned against Pawar in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. He had termed the NCP as an ‘inherently corrupt party’ and asked voters in Baramati to get rid of the Pawar family. However, six months later, Modi as Prime Minister visited Baramati and praised Pawar.

It is very difficult to understand the intention of Pawar’s actions and speeches.
Senior journalist Prakash Akolkar says that it is very difficult to understand the intention behind Pawar’s actions and speeches. It is difficult to say why he does this…does he do it to maintain his own importance or to create problems for the Congress? He said that on one hand he wants to create problems for the Congress, and on the other hand wants to be with it. These things hurt his credibility. In 1978, Pawar walked out of the Progressive Democratic Front along with his supporters, after which the government of Vasantdada Patil fell and he became the youngest Chief Minister at the age of 38. At that time Jansangh was part of PDF.

Pawar’s comment on Adani issue created a stir
His comments on the Adani issue have created a stir, Pawar said on Saturday that he was not completely opposed to a JPC probe, but a Supreme Court committee would be more useful and effective. He said that I am not completely opposing JPC… JPCs have been formed earlier also and I have been the chairman of some JPCs. The JPC is constituted on the basis of majority (in Parliament). Instead of JPC, I think a committee appointed by the Supreme Court is more useful and effective. During the interview, Pawar supported the Adani group and criticized the Hindenburg Research report about the group. He said that earlier also other people had given such statements and there was ruckus in Parliament for a few days, but this time the matter was given more importance than necessary.