NCP president Sharad Pawar was in Vadodra to preside over the fifth national convention of NCP, attended by the party delegates from all over the country. In conversation with TV9 he talked about the upcoming polls and on various other political matter.
NCP’s 5th national convention was organized in Baroda on Wednesday, in which absence of Ajit Pawar suggested crack in the party and raised many speculations of his birthday. In the meet President of NCP Sharad Pawar said that the party is expecting respectable seats during upcoming election.
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday declared to give fund to drought affected states. The funds would be allocated for fodder development, repairs of small drams and providing drinking water in remote areas.
The fund will be given under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana of the union agriculture ministry.320 crore to Gujarat, 195 crore to Karnatka 501 crore to Maharashtra 424 crore to Rajasthan will be allocated.
NCP Chief Minister, Sharad Pawar attacks Raj Thackeray for his Anti North Indian mentality. He said that North Indians are hard workers and Raj Thackeray is jealous of them. He also said that the North Indians are treasure of the state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Monday to take a call on Sugar and cotton export.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar and Commerce and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma will be present in the meet.
The Textiles Ministry has been insisting on adequate availability of cotton for the domestic industry, Pawar and Modi want natural fibre shipments under the Open General Licence (OGL) to ensure adequate prices for growers.
Earlier Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has commented that the Central Government policy’s are anti farmer.
On Thursday Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar were on the same dice as they gathered to launch ‘Mission Milk’.
Narendra Modi took a dig at Central Government by saying that
The Delhi sarkar is trying to promote a Pink Revolution. It is taking steps to promote mutton export. The subsidy given for mutton export is even bigger than Rs 2,242 crore – the financial outlay for National Dairy Plan. The official documents of Government of India suggest this. If this policy continues, no matter whatever efforts are made, cattle will be cut instead of being used for milk production. This is a big trouble,” said Modi, adding that another big trouble was smuggling of cows from India to Bangladesh.
Later Sharad Pawar counter it by saving that there has been no new amendment to the mutton export policy by UPA government.