Will back Uddhav Thackeray, this govt will defeat crisis and run smoothly: Sharad Pawar

MUMBAI: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi Alliance (MVA) will stand firm with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He also said that the front will prove its majority in the Assembly. Pawar added that the political situation in Maharashtra will change once the rebel MLAs return to Mumbai.

"MVA decided to back CM Uddhav Thackeray. I believe once the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs return to Mumbai the situation will change. Everyone knows how the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs were taken to Gujarat and then Assam. We don't have to take the names of all those assisting them... Assam Government is helping them. I don't need to take any names further," Pawar said.

"We have seen such situations in Maharashtra several times. With my experience, I can say that we will defeat this crisis, and the government under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray will run smoothly," he added.

Meanwhile, BJP leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is scheduled to meet Union Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. The BJP central leadership has hinted that the formation of a BJP-led government will not be delayed.