"Rahul Gandhi Should Join Hands With Sharad Pawar To Align All Opposition": Shiv Sena

Sharad Pawar recently hosted a meeting of leaders of 8 opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Samajwadi Party, Aam Aadmi Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Left at his residence in Delhi, amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the BJP.

The Shiv Sena today said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should join hands with NCP chief Pawar to align all opposition parties together to take on the ruling BJP at the Centre. "(Rahul) Gandhi attacks the Centre and its policies regularly, but that is on Twitter," an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said. The Sena, which shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra, further claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's body language has changed. "He knows the situation in the country has gone out of his hands. Despite people's anger, the BJP and the government have confidence that they face no threat because of the weak and disjointed opposition," it said.