Mamata meets Pawar, Thackeray: Says ‘Central govt unstable, may not last long’ (Lead)

Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her concerns over the “stability” of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA 3.0 government at the Centre and hinted that it may not last long in power, here on Friday.

“This (Central) government is not stable… is not strong. It may not continue also …My best wishes to them,” said Banerjee in a brief media interaction.She was in Mumbai for a two-day visit when she individually called on Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and later Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar at their homes.To a query, Mamata Banerjee said that during the last Lok Sabha elections, in one particular constituency in the city (referring to Mumbai North West), the winning margin was only 48 votes.“They have done like this in many other areas… otherwise this time (2024) they would not have come (to office), I am sure of that…” she said.Her first port of call was at the Thackeray family’s Bandra home ‘Matoshri’, where she also exchanged pleasantries with Uddhav’s wife Rashmi Thackeray and their sons Aditya, MLA and Tejas, a naturalist.Thackeray, who described her as ‘my sister’, said this was a family visit and urged the media to keep