Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party chief, on Monday mentioned he was not within the race to turn out to be prime minister and asserted the Opposition wished a management that may work for the betterment of the nation.

Pawar expressed the chance that opposition events, within the occasion of uniting, may encounter the problem of presenting a person as their candidate for the prime minister submit.

“My efforts are for bringing the Opposition together. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is making the same efforts. I am not contesting the next election, so where is the question of becoming a PM candidate? I am not in the race to become the PM. We want a leadership who can work for the nation’s development,” Pawar informed reporters.

Speaking on seat sharing with the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT), that are a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the NCP chief mentioned, “Recently, a meeting was held at my residence. Leaders from Maha Vikas Aghadi will decide on it.”

“Uddhav Thackeray, Sonia Gandhi or Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and I will sit together to discuss more about it,” he mentioned on seat-sharing.

The tenure of a number of civic our bodies in Maharashtra acquired over early 2022 however polls weren’t held as a result of coronavirus pandemic. The meeting election might be held within the latter a part of 2024 in Maharashtra, some months after the Lok Sabha elections prone to happen round May.

Earlier on Monday, Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former chief Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi after which the leaders introduced {that a} “vast majority” of non-BJP events will meet to present a concrete form to Opposition unity to tackle the BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

While Kumar had final month hinted that an Opposition assembly to strengthen unity may happen in Patna, there appears to be some re-think on the place with the leaders on Monday stating {that a} choice on it will be taken in a day or two.

(With inputs from PTI, ANI)