NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he will work to win over those sections of society which turned towards the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in the recent Maharashtra Assembly polls. Addressing the NCP's defeated candidates, Sharad Pawar admitted that the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) hurt his party's prospects in several constituencies. The VBA stopped the Congress-NCP from coming to power, he said.

A sudden shower at an event in Mumbai prompted Union minister Nitin Gadkari to take a veiled dig at political opponents of the BJP against the backdrop of the recent poll outcome in his home state of Maharashtra. The minister was being interviewed on an open stage at an event in suburban Mumbai's Vile Parle area on Friday evening when it started raining.

NCP-chief Sharad Pawar said he had tackled similar issues which his party-colleague Praful Patel is facing at present."Today, what is happening with Praful Patel has been happening with me for several-years. For years, attempts were made to link my name to Dawood-Ibrahim. But these things serve no-purpose, people do not believe these things. Praful Patel's life is before everyone to see," Pawar said.