Lok Sabha elections 2024: Sharad Pawar targets PM Modi, says 'did not keep his word'

Sharad Pawar was addressing a rally organised for the NCP-SP candidate Shriram Patil at Muktainagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not keep his word of bringing down the prices of essential commodities in seven days, the first promise that he made in 2014, Sharad Pawar said at a huge rally organised for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) candidate Shriram Patil at Muktainagar, the stronghold of the Khadse family.

Pawar visited Muktainagar after gap of four and a half years.

"It was promised that the prices of gas cylinders would be reduced by 50 pc from Rs 400. Today, however, the price is Rs 1,160. There has been only a rise a continous rise in prices. I appeal you to support our candidate Shriram Patil, who is willing and ready to strive for the common man," Sharad Pawar said.

Convoy meets with accident

The convoy of vehicles of the NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar met with a minor collision in Jalgaon on Friday. After a vehicle braked hard due to a speedbreaker, a following vehicle bumped into the one ahead. There were no injuries and there was a minor dent in the vehicles. The accident occurree on Bhusawal-Yawal road in Yawal tehsil.

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