Its BJD rally, not Third Front's: Pawar

Friday, April 3, 2009, 12:39 [IST]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 3: Sharad Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo again does a flip-flop. He informed media that he will not attend the 'Third Front' rally at Bhubaneshwar owing to a 'technicalsnag' in the aircraft scheduled to take him to the venue. But he will address the rally over the phone, reiterating the fact that he is not with the 'Third Front'.

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He added he was not aware that former Orissa CM, Naveen Patnaik had invited Left leaders to the rally. “This is limited only to Orissa, I am not a part of the Third Front," said Pawar. He added that the NCP-Congress alliance is still on. "This is not a Third Front rally but a BJD rally," said Pawar.

NCP chief's decision to attend the rally had earlier evoked sharp response from ally Congress with some leaders even accusing Pawar of ditch.

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Topics: ncp, lok sabha polls 2009, third front, sharad pawar, congress, naveen patnaik, bjd

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