Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan launched an attack on the Nationalist Congress Party accusing them of having made a hidden alliance with the BJP to bring in President’s Rule in the state before polls. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Congress poll campaign in the state at pilgrim centre Tuljapur. Chavan said the alliance was broken by the NCP because of the “greed for chief minister’s post and personal aspirations of leaders”. “But now I have decided to see our strength as a party and I know that the people will be on our side. Let them know how strong we are. It is only the Congress who can give Maharashtra a stable and corruption-free government,” he said. Former CM and MP Ashok Chavan said, “Congress workers were fed up of the pressure tactics of the NCP. Now that the alliance is broken, workers can perform in a pressure-free environment.”
