Bhujbal says Mahayuti may pay for upsetting OBCs in upcoming polls | Nashik News – Times of India

Nashik: NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal on Wednesday cautioned the ruling Mahayuti alliance against antagonising the OBC community.
Addressing members of Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad and prominent OBC functionaries in Nashik, he said that the manner in which he was denied a ministerial berth is a humiliation to veterans and the OBC community will not tolerate it.
“This assembly poll is certainly not the last one. Municipal corporation, zilla parishad, and panchayat samiti elections are due and will be held in the near future,” Bhujbal said, adding that the Mahayuti alliance will have to pay a heavy price if OBC electors refrain from voting for it.
He claimed that the Mahayuti got a thumping majority in the assembly poll not only due to the Ladki Bahin scheme but also due to votes from the OBC community who threw their weight behind the ruling alliance. He called upon the community to support him in his fight against the ‘injustice’ meted out to him by the NCP top brass.
Some prominent OBC functionaries suggested that Bhujbal join the BJP if he is feeling suffocated in the NCP. Bhujbal told them that he will decide at the right time. “But I would appeal to my community to back me,” he said, reiterating that CM Devendra Fadnavis and two top NCP functionaries, Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare, did urge party chief Ajit Pawar to give him a ministerial berth. Samata Parishad members and functionaries from the OBC community affirmed that they will be with him in his decision.
Stating that “Ek hai toh safe hai,” Bhujbal appealed to OBCs to be united to protect their reservation quota and sort out their issues. He added that Marathas should be given reservation, but without disturbing the OBC quota.