During an event in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar said on Sunday that the prevailing challenge for everyone is to confront forces intentionally fuelling social and communal divisions in the country. Pawar further highlighted that the outcomes of the recent Assembly elections in Karnataka indicate a gradual shift in the situation.
If the working class remains strong and united, what was seen in the Karnataka Assembly polls can be replicated elsewhere in the country as well, he said. In the recent Assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress returned to power after a gap of five years by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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‘Some powers ruling the country are taking it backwards by inciting tensions on caste and religious lines in society. They are using power not for the welfare of people, but to create divisions among them,’ Pawar alleged. The challenge is to fight against these powers, otherwise the common man will be destroyed, the NCP chief said.
‘Despite Ahmednagar being a progressive district, there were social tensions in Shevgaon recently,’ he noted. The Karnataka Assembly poll results show the situation is gradually changing, Pawar said.
