Don't take voters for granted; even Indira, Atal had lost: Sharad Pawar

Taking aim at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has said that politicians should not take voters for granted as even powerful leaders like Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been defeated in elections.

Criticising former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his 'Mi punha yein' (I will come back) refrain during the last year's assembly polls, Sharad Pawar said that voters thought that this stance smacked of arrogance and felt that they should be taught a lesson.

Sharad Pawar also said that that there was not an "iota of truth" in reports about differences in the three ruling allies- Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress- that are part of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).