Mumbai: With an eye on Dalit voters in the Lok Sabha elections to be held next month in Maharashtra, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today succeeded in wooing Peoples Republican Party (PRP) led by Dalit leader Jogendra Kawade to make an alliance with them.
The PRP has extended its full support, in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minster Prithviraj Chavan to the candidates of Congress-NCP alliance put up across the state to avoid division of secular votes.
Jogendra Kawade. Image courtesy: Ibnlokmat
"The communal forces are creating confusion and insecurity in the country. So, we support the congress-NCP candidates to avoid division of secular votes," said Kawade.
Earlier, the Congress tried to woo Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar led Bhartitya Republican Party (BHARIP), grandson of Balasaheb Ambedkar for an alliance but talks failed.
Meanwhile, Chavan said that all efforts are being taken to provide relief to the hailstorm affected farmers at the earliest.
"Despite having the existing high powered committee led by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, the Centre has set a special five member committee chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to provide relief package to hailstorm affected farmers. The committee members also visited the affected areas and the state government has also sent an updated report till today," said Chavan.
He asked for a Rs 5,000 crore from the Centre to provide relief to the farmers given the huge loss in at least 28 districts of the Maharashtra.
"The meeting of the Sharad Pawar-led panel is going on in Delhi at present. After their meeting is over, we will have a cabinet meeting today in the evening and then we will announce the relief package," Chavan said.
The chief minister said that all the necessary permission will be taken from the Election Commission to provide relief package as the Model Code Conduct is in force for the Lok Sabha elections.
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