West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to participate in the meeting due to prior engagements.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken with Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Shibu Soren Naveen Patnaik, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and Nitish Kumar for building a consensus on a presidential candidate
The issue came up for discussion after Pawar met Maharashtra NCP ministers here on Monday.
Following her direction, Kharge, who is Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, called on NCP chief Sharad Pawar here to discuss the issue.
Sharad Pawar also said he not come across an instance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducting raids on those part of the central government, but action was being taken against those in opposition.
Hundreds of MSRTC workers, on April 8, held massive protests outside NCP Chief Sharad Pawar’s residence in Mumbai and accused him of not listening to their plight.
The AAP’s governance in Delhi helped it in Punjab as the common people living in the national capital have accepted the Kejriwal-led party, the NCP chief noted.
Ratnakar Shetty, the former BCCI stalwart, said at his book launch that women’s cricket wouldn’t be what it is now without Sharad Pawar.
Sharad Pawar also added that there is no cause for concern and he is following the treatment suggested by his doctor.
Besides Sharad Pawar, senior leaders and parliament members Praful Patel, Supriya Sule, Sunil Tatkare and Fauzia Khan have been named as star campaigners for the assembly elections.
Sharad Pawar also said 13 members of the Legislative Assembly in Uttar Pradesh will be joining the Samajwadi Party.
NCP leader Praful Patel, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut are talking with local Congress leaders there, Sharad Pawar told reporters.
Speaking during an event organised by Marathi daily ‘Loksatta’, Pawar said barring him, there was no other minister in the erstwhile UPA government who could have a dialogue with Modi as he used to constantly attack the Manmohan Singh dispensation.
The veteran politician who was speaking at an event in Pune said his decision to come back as Maharashtra chief minister was an emotional one that he was asked to take by the government in power then.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, J&K National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and DMK leader T R Baalu were among the leaders who met Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence.
Mamata Banerjee, who has met top Shiv Sena and NCP leaders over the past two days, indicated that she may be planning a fresh coalition of opposition parties. "What is UPA? There is no UPA," the TMC supremo told reporters.
Mamata Banerjee is also expected to meet industrialists in Mumbai on December 1 and invite them to Bengal Global Business Summit, to be held in April next year.
Sharad Pawar also slammed the Centre for introducing the three farm bills and getting them passed "in haste" without any discussion and without taking state governments into confidence.
Farmers have been camping on Delhi borders for the last several months against the three new laws which the government says liberalize the agriculture sector.
We have decided that we will back Akhilesh Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh. If we contest a few seats, then that will be in consultation with the Samajwadi Party, Pawar added.