United Progressive Alliance

Taking the view that Chaturvedi had maligned the
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government by attacking
Pawar, NCP had said even country's Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh had on many occasions hailed Pawar as one of the best
agriculture ministers of the country.

This is for the second time in recent months that
Chaturvedi had landed in controversy after his remarks against
non-Congress leaders.

About six months back, Chaturvedi had made some
objectionable remarks against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar
Singh when Congress party was engaged in seat-sharing talks
with his party for the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament) elections in northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

AICC had then dropped Chaturvedi from the panel of
spokespersons following his attack on Amar Singh. PTI