NEW DELHI: Amid rumblings in the opposition camp, Nationalist
Congress party of Sharad Pawar Tuesday said that there are more like-minded parties outside
UPA who should be brought together for a joint opposition against
BJP, echoing the line propounded by Trinamool Congress chiefMamata Banerjee.
At the same time, Shiv Se- na said that Congress and Ra- hul Gandhi should take the lead in opposition unity.
After the meeting of NCP national executive, Maharashtra min- ister and party spokesman Nawab Malik addressed the issue of opposition unity. He said Pawar has for the last one year been saying that there are more anti-BJP parties outside UPA than there are with it Pawar believes that without bringing those par- ties into the fold of anti--BJP camp, contesting a big elec- tion may not be feasible.
Lashing out at the BJP government for trying to scare people on religious grounds and misusing agen- cies to harass political rivals, and for the unrest over price rise, Malik said, “All the anti- BJP parties should be brought together to bring about a wider alternative front.” NCP and
Shiv Sena are in alliance with Congress in Maharashtra where a tripar- tite government holds power