Akola, Oct 12: Hitting back at Sharad Pawar, chief of its Maharashtra coalition partner NCP, for raking up the issue of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, AICC secretary and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said the party would fight future elections on its own. "Pawar's statements are an indication of his perverseness as his rally at Delhi was not successful", Deshmukh said at a public meeting at Akot, 40 km from here, yesterday.
Countering Pawar's allegation that Sonia Gandhi has links with BJP, he alleged that Pawar had `links with BJP' which has given him the post of the chairman, with cabinet rank, of the disaster management committee.
Moreover, Pawar also holds the chairmanship of the committee to look into the soft drinks controversy, Deshmukh said adding, "this shows his friendship with BJP." Recalling that at the time of the recent no-trust move against NDA government at the centre, Pawar avoided speaking on the motion and NCP's another leader P A Sangma was asked to speak. "This is the indication of his (Pawar) friendship with BJP," he added. "What the people of the country say is more important than Pawar's statement about foreign issue of Sonia," Deshmukh added. Bureau Report