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Internal bickering in Congress is not new, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said. (File photo)
Mumbai:
Congress president Sonia Gandhi sletter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray where she mentioned the Common Minimum Program (CMP) may have been prompted by complaints about budget cuts by her party s ministers, the NCP said on Saturday.
The NCP is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state alongwith Thackeray s Shiv Sena and the Congress. Some Congress leaders may have complained to Sonia Gandhi, said Nawab Malik, a state minister and NCP spokesperson, speaking to a news channel.
The MVA alliance is committed to the Common Minimum Program but there have been cuts in budgetary allocations for some development works due to the coronavirus pandemic, he said.
Sonia Gandhi
MUMBAI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has written to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, reminding him of the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the government and seeking the implementation of certain measures for the welfare of Dalits and tribals.
The letter is significant as Sonia Gandhi has written to Thackeray for the first time since her party formed an unlikely alliance with the Shiv Sena alongwith the NCP to form `Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state last year.
Among other things, Sonia, in her letter dated December 14, demanded reservation in government contracts for SC/ST professionals to promote entrepreneurship among them, Congress sources said.
Sonia Gandhi had writte to Uddhav Thackeray earlier this week. (File)
Mumbai:
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said there was nothing to be read between the lines in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi s letter to his party chairperson Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, adding the two parties were in an alliance and there was no pressure politics . Sonia Gandhi is the president of UPA (United Progressive Alliance). She and Sharad Pawar had an important role in the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (Maharashtra s ruling coalition). While allying, we had created a Common Minimum Program. The letter is about that, Mr Raut, the Shiv Sena s chief firefighter, said.