Mumbai/Nagpur, Oct 27 (PTI) NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Monday slammed the rival NCP over a ‘lavni’ performance at the Ajit Pawar-led faction’s Nagpur office, a video of which went viral on social media.
It is unfortunate and painful, she said.
“The party was founded by Sharad Pawar through hard work and commitment. Lakhs of people voted for the party. Was the party taken away from Sharad Pawar for this,” Sule asked.
The Nationalist Congress Party split in 2023 after Ajit Pawar joined the then Eknath Shinde government. His faction later got the NCP name and ‘clock’ symbol, while the one head by Sharad Pawar was christened NCP (SP).
“We are a political party meant to serve people. Today farmers lives have been destroyed. This is not
the culture of any political party,” she said.
Meanwhile, the NCP said the lavni performance was at a Diwali Milan programme at its office in Ganeshpeth on October 26 and not at a public event.
“It was like a family programme, with artistes and singers taking part. It was not a public programme. Everyone danced, including me and other party workers. The person who performed lavni is a office bearer of the party. She is a lavni artiste,” NCP Nagpur city chief Anil Ahirkar told reporters.
There was nothing wrong with the performance “but the media showed it in a wrong way”, he added.
Meanwhile, Sule also said NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar is taking stock of the situation ahead of local body polls by meeting party functionaries.
There is constant communication with the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) and the strategy for the local body polls will be clear in a week’s time, she added.
The NCP (SP), Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) are part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Local polls are for workers and decisions regarding alliance will be taken be taken based on their views, the Baramati MP said. PTI MR CLS BNM
