A day after the Maharashtra Congress slammed Sharad Pawar’s “lack of consistency” comment on Rahul Gandhi, the Nationalist Congress Party said that its supremo’s remark should be seen as a “fatherly advice of a veteran leader”.
NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase on Sunday said, “Whatever Sharad Pawar saheb said in the interview with a news organisation should be considered as fatherly advice of a veteran leader. MVA 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.”
During an interview with Lokmat Media chairman and former MP Vijay Darda, Pawar was asked if the country was ready to accept Rahul Gandhi as the leader, to which he had responded, “There are some questions in this regard. There seems to be less consistency.”
However, he had taken exception to Barack Obama’s unflattering comments on the Congress leader.