Housing quota for Muslims?

Addressing party workers at a meeting organised by NCP Mumbai unit,Pawar said Navi Mumbai municipal corporation election results have proved that people don’t support parochial politics for long.

The uniqueness of Mumbai lies in the fact that every Indian can come and live here with dignity through hard work.

“If this secular and cosmopolitan fabric is damaged,Mumbai’s future is at stake,” he said.

NCP’s base can be expanded only if we give opportunity to new generation of leaders who come up from grassroots.

He asked city unit to plan strategy for BMC polls scheduled in two years by taking up issues like water and electricity and expose Shiv Sena-BJP which has been in power in the Mumbai civic body for over 15 years.

Pawar said Marathi speaking people should encourage non-Maharashtrians when they show inclination to learn Marathi and speak the language for communication purpose.

Citing his own experience,Pawar said when he got the opportunity to travel in north India,he had problems speaking in fluent Hindi.

“But people in Lucknow,Bareilly and Allahabad appreciated my efforts when I spoke in broken Hindi and my confidence level also grew,” he said.