'Treachery' of highest order: Digvijaya Singh on NCP developments

Bhopal: In the wake of a split in the NCP led by Ajit Pawar, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh has described developments in the Sharad Pawar-headed party as “treachery of the highest order”.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday led a vertical split in the party to become the deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra.

Eight other NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Maharashtra government.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday took a swipe at the ruling BJP, saying the development was not a "googly" but a "robbery".

On Pawar's comments, Digvijaya Singh in a tweet on Sunday said, “Not only Robbery Pawar Saheb but Treachery of the highest order. Sad."

Not only Robbery Pawar Saheb but Treachery of the highest order. Sad. ⁦@PawarSpeaks⁩ ⁦@supriya_sule⁩

It's not 'googly', it's robbery: NCP chief Pawar on nephew Ajit joining Maha govthttps://t.co/9wASrmbjP5
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— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 2, 2023

When reporters on Sunday asked Sharad Pawar if the move by nine NCP leaders was a game-plan of the BJP or a googly he talked about recently, the NCP president said, "...It is not googly, it is a robbery. It is not an easy thing. The allegations levelled by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) against the party...Now (he) has done an important work of exonerating some of the leaders from those allegations."