The Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday said its President Sharad Pawar’s remark that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seemed to “lack consistency” should be considered “fatherly advice”, ANI reported.
NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase pointed out that Pawar had spoken up for Gandhi, when former United States President Barack Obama made unfavourable comments about him in his memoir.
“Whatever Sharad Pawar saheb said in the interview with a news organisation should be considered as fatherly advice of a veteran leader,” Tapase said. “MVA [Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi] is a government of all three parties. It was Sharad Pawar who criticised Barack Obama for commenting on Rahul Gandhi in his book. Pawar saheb had clearly said Obama must not comment on leaders of other countries.”
Maharashtra Congress leader Yashomati Thakur, meanwhile crticised the NCP for Pawar’s comment. “I must appeal colleagues in MVA if you want stable govt in Maharashtra then stop…