Like cricket, anything possible in politics: Gadkari on Maharashtra govt formation

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday refused to comment on the political logjam in Maharashtra, saying politics was as unpredictable as cricket, NDTV reported.

“Anything can happen in cricket and politics,” he said at a press conference. “Sometimes you feel you are losing the match, but the result is exactly the opposite.” The minister said he related more to politics in Delhi than Maharashtra.

Maharashtra is currently under President’s Rule. The deadlock was a result of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s failure to come to an agreement on government formation. While the Shiv Sena demanded a power-sharing agreement, including an assurance that it would get the chief minister’s post for half of the five-year term, the BJP flatly refused to acquiesce to the demand. This led to the collapse of their decades-old alliance. Gadkari’s remarks came a day after BJP President Amit Shah said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had made demands that were not acceptable.