Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday indicated that a national-level pre-poll Opposition alliance for the 2019 general elections was unlikely but said he was trying to bring the non-BJP parties together on a common platform in a bid to defeat the ruling NDA.
Mr Pawar also said any party in the Opposition getting the maximum seats after the Lok Sabha polls could claim prime ministership if the Modi government is unseated.
“I do not see the possibility of a uniform national alliance since political situation on the ground varies from state to state. I am talking to different parties to bring them on a common platform,” Mr Pawar said during an interaction.
He said the current situation in the country was similar to the one in 2004.
“There will be change in government in Delhi and Maharashtra. No single party can provide an alternative. I do not think Narendra Modi will be Prime Minister after the Lok Sabha polls,” he said.
Nobody thought Manmohan Singh would become the Prime Minister, but he gave a stable government for 10 years, the NCP chief said.
