
Sharad Pawar Behind Earlier Splits In Party, Alleges Sena Rebel Faction
NDTV
"Why did he (Pawar) engineer splits that caused pain to Balasaheb (Thackeray)?" the Shiv Sena legislator, who was once in the Nationalist Congress Party, asked.
A key member of the rebel faction of Shiv Sena Member of Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra has claimed Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar was behind the earlier splits in the party and his alleged role in revolts caused pain to its founder Bal Thackeray.Deepak Kesarkar, a Shiv Sena legislator and spokesperson for the rebel faction headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, sought to know what Sharad Pawar gained by causing pain to Bal Thackeray.
"It is a fact that whenever the Shiv Sena has split, Pawar saheb had a role to play," he said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Deepak Kesarkar said "Matoshree" has never gone to "Silver Oak", Pawar's home in south Mumbai.
"Why did he (Pawar) engineer splits that caused pain to Balasaheb (Thackeray)?" the Shiv Sena legislator, who was once in the Nationalist Congress Party, asked.