The Congress on Saturday informed its allies in the ruling Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to stay away from commenting on the party’s leadership if they want a “stable” government in the state. Congress’s state working president Yashomati Thakur, a minister, made the appeal after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said Rahul Gandhi’s leadership seems to lack “consistency”. NCP leader Pawar’s remarks came in an interview with Marathi daily. 

And also, in a series of tweets in English and Marathi, congress chief Thakur referred to interviews and articles of MVA leaders. “…I must appeal colleagues in MVA if you want stable govt in Maharashtra, then stop commenting leadership of Congress. Everybody should follow the basic rules of the coalition. Our leadership is very strong and stable,” said Thakur. “Formation of MVA is the result of our strong belief in democratic values,” she said.

However, NCP and Shiv Sena leaders have played down Pawar’s remarks saying they have no connection with the stability of the three-party state government. NCP spokesman Umesh Patil asked to take Pawar’s statement as positively looking at his age and experience. “Thakur’s comment on the stability of the government is unnecessary. There is good coordination within the MVA. Just recently, we saw celebrations on the first anniversary [of the government]. The alliance registered wins in the [legislative] council elections [on Friday].”

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