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Pankaja Munde rejects claims regarding Gopinath Munde's political affiliations
Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde has rejected claims made by senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan regarding her late father, BJP leader Gopinath Munde.
Chavan asserted that during his tenure as Chief Minister, he was aware of discussions where Gopinath Munde explored joining the Congress party. Chavan claimed that Munde had held talks with veteran leader Ahmed Patel and sought a position in the Union Cabinet as a condition for the switch. According to Chavan, while then-Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave in-principle approval, the move was blocked by then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who opposed poaching opposition members to join the government.
Pankaja Munde dismissed the remarks as having “no relevance at this stage.” She maintained that her father was deeply rooted in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stating, “As far as I understand my father, he was born into this very ‘lotus’, the BJP, and he remained in it.” She argued it was inappropriate to suggest he was a leader who could be moved between political camps.
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Ahmed Patel · Bharatiya Janata Party · Gopinath Munde · Indian National Congress · Pankaja Munde · Prithviraj Chavan · Sonia Gandhi
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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [● 3 SOURCES] Munde requested a position in the Union Cabinet as a condition for joining Congress. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Gopinath Munde held multiple rounds of discussions with Ahmed Patel regarding the move. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Sonia Gandhi gave in-principle approval to the proposal. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Manmohan Singh opposed the plan because he did not want to poach an Opposition leader into the government. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Late BJP leader Gopinath Munde explored joining the Congress party. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Pankaja Munde rejected the claims, stating they have no relevance and her father was born into the BJP. www.socialnews.xyz · theshillongtimes.com · yespunjab.com