'Zamindars Who Have Lost Their Land': NCP Chief Sharad Pawar's Jibe at Congress

Pawar said that the INC should accept that it no longer wields influence over the country like it once did.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar, in an interview with India Today on Thursday, 9 September, said that the Indian National Congress (INC) should accept that it no longer wields influence over the country like it once did.

"There was a time when there was Congress from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. But not so anymore. This (reality) should be accepted. The closeness (with other opposition parties) will increase once there is a mentality (within Congress) to accept this (fact)," Pawar told India Today group's Mumbai Tak channel, as per a report by news agency PTI.

Opining that the Congress was not willing to budge on the issue of its party leadership, Pawar indicated that "zamindars who have lost most of their land are unable to maintain their haveli."