‘Internal matter’: Supriya Sule on Sunetra Pawar-led NCP faction’s talks with Prashant Kishor

Sup iya
Sule
backs
P asha t
Kisho ,
says
Su et a
Pawa -led
NCP’s
choice
is
‘i te al
matte ’

NEW
DELHI:
NCP
(SP)
wo ki g
p eside t

Sup iya
Sule
o
Satu day
said
whethe
the
Su et a
Pawa -led

Natio alist
Co g ess
Pa ty
wa ted
to
wo k
with
political
st ategist

P asha t
Kisho
was
a
“i te al
matte ”
of
the
ival
factio .Sule
said
Kisho
had
bee
he
f ie d
fo
seve al
yea s
a d
p aised
his
ece t
electo al
pe fo ma ce
i
Biha .
“P asha t
Kisho
has
bee
a
good
pe so al
f ie d
of
mi e
fo
seve al
yea s.
I
have
closely
followed
his
wo k
a d
I
have
eve
hidde
ou
f ie dship,”
the
Ba amati
MP
told
epo te s.She
said
Kisho
wo ked
i depe de tly
i
his
p ofessio al
capacity
a d
that
it
was
his
decisio
to
choose
whom
he
wa ted
to
wo k
with.”Whethe
the
Su et a
Pawa -led
NCP
wa ts
to
wo k
with
P asha t
Kisho
o
ot
is
thei
i te al
matte ,”
Sule
said.He
ema ks
came
days
afte
Kisho
met
Natio alist
Co g ess
Pa ty
chief
a d
Maha asht a
deputy
chief
mi iste
Su et a
Pawa
a d
he
so ,
MP
Pa th
Pawa .Sule
also
p aised
Kisho
fo
his
political
wo k
i
Biha ,
sayi g
he
had
wo
a
“ve y
big
battle”
i
Ba kipu
despite
faci g
the
BJP’s
fo midable
political
machi e y.
She
poi ted
to
data
showi g
that
the
BJP
had
pe fo med
poo ly
eve
at
“the
booth
of
its
atio al
p eside t”
whe e
Niti
Nabi
is
egiste ed
as
a
vote .

“Give
this
situatio ,
we
should
app eciate
P asha t
Kisho .
He
is
ha dwo ki g
a d
has
wo ked
with
seve al
political
pa ties
ove
the
yea s,”
she
said.Sule
also
d ew
a
compa iso
with
he
ow
political
base
i
Ba amati,
sayi g,
“If
we
had
bee
i
powe
f om
the
local
level
to
Delhi,
a d
if
the e
had
bee
a
egative
esult
i
ou
ow
booth
i
Katewadi
i
Ba amati,
I
would
have
felt
that
somethi g
was
se iously
w o g
with
me,”
she
said.