Dikhyaa Mohanty 
National Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence for a nearly hour-long hour and this was also the NCP chief’s first one-on-one meeting with PM Modi since 2019 raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation and farmers’ issues.
According to the reports, the meeting between Sharad Pawar and PM Modi is significant as it comes amid rumblings within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, a three-cornered alliance formed by the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. After the meeting with PM Modi, Sharad Pawar said that no politics was discussed between the two.
“Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment with PM Modi, got one for this morning.
Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Pawar, 80, also wrote him a letter today, flagging concerns on the Ministry of Cooperation. He said the cooperative banking sector is a state subject. Citing Supreme Court judgments, he said that any attempt of interference by the centre will be a breach of the Constitution.
Over the last couple of days, Sharad Pawar has had back-to-back meetings with Union ministers — first, Piyush Goyal, the newly-appointed Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, visited Pawar at his residence in Delhi ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Pawar then met Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday.
